The foundations of a political anthropology

This article examines and comments upon the methodological innovation proposed in political anthropology by the work of J.-W. Lapierre in the late 1960s. The text seeks to show the origin ality and interest of the proposal- as well as its problems - in the midst of the various critical reviews which...

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Main Author: Sérgio Cardoso
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1995-06-01
Series:Revista de Antropologia
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.usp.br/ra/article/view/111434
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spelling doaj-19c2e0d125d34c10abac54d36710a2812020-11-25T03:42:56ZporUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)Revista de Antropologia0034-77011678-98571995-06-0138110.11606/2179-0892.ra.1995.111434The foundations of a political anthropologySérgio CardosoThis article examines and comments upon the methodological innovation proposed in political anthropology by the work of J.-W. Lapierre in the late 1960s. The text seeks to show the origin ality and interest of the proposal- as well as its problems - in the midst of the various critical reviews which were then reevaluating the direction of the discipline (Balandier, Gluckman , Beatti e, M. Fried etc .). The article also und ertakes to evaluate, in historical perspective, teh territory and horizons of the debate of which his solution is a part - the difficulties of the diverse configurations assumed by comparativism in the practice of the discipline.http://www.revistas.usp.br/ra/article/view/111434political anthropologycomparative method.
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comparative method.
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description This article examines and comments upon the methodological innovation proposed in political anthropology by the work of J.-W. Lapierre in the late 1960s. The text seeks to show the origin ality and interest of the proposal- as well as its problems - in the midst of the various critical reviews which were then reevaluating the direction of the discipline (Balandier, Gluckman , Beatti e, M. Fried etc .). The article also und ertakes to evaluate, in historical perspective, teh territory and horizons of the debate of which his solution is a part - the difficulties of the diverse configurations assumed by comparativism in the practice of the discipline.
topic political anthropology
comparative method.
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