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Article: Political anthropology; paradigms and power.(Book Review)
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- Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
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- June 1, 2003
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KURTZ, DONALD V. Political anthropology; paradigms and power. ix, 251 pp., figs., bibliogr. Oxford, Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 2001. [pounds sterling]16.99 (paper)
If we accept -- with Donald Kurtz -- that anthropology is the 'study of the human condition', we may then define political anthropology as the study of the 'variety and complexity of the human political condition' (p. 3). Political scientists have generally given priority to the study of modern political institutions such as the state and political parties. Anthropologists, however, have explored other domains, thereby opening a plethora of theoretical possibilities and a series of methodological ...
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