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Title: Meaning and Power in a Southeast Asian Realm Condition: New Author: Shelly Errington Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 069160522X EAN: 9780691605227 ISBN: 9780691605227 Publisher: Princeton University Press Genre: Society & Culture Topic: Social Sciences Release Date: 14/07/2014 Description: The ruler in the Indic States of Southeast Asia was seen not as the "head of state" but as the center or navel of the world. Like polities, persons and houses were and are viewed as centered spaces (locations) where spiritual potency can gather. Shelly Errington explores the politics of constituting and maintaining such centered socio-political spaces in a former Indic State called Luwu, which lies in South Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia. The meaning of political life and the ways its cultural forms were and are sustained depend on locally construed ideas of "power" or spiritual potency and "the person," which the author explores in detail. She views the polity neither as a frame in which political actors pursue advantage nor as a structure for extracting wealth but as a hierarchical system of signs ultimately backed by force--but force which was not fully centralized and whose import must be understood within ideas about spiritual potency widespread in the region.Although focused on Luwu, the book's theoretical scope is wide, and it ranges comparatively over a broad geographical area, making a contribution to ethnographic, historical, and regional studies as well as to the study of politics in nonsecular societies. Part One traces how the person, the house, and the polity are constituted symbolically in everyday practices as centered spaces. Part Two examines how centers can be de-centered, while Part Three explores the structure that tended to hold centers together in Luwu and other Indic States. The introduction and the three conclusions (each of the three being broader than the last in comparative scope) locate the author's views with respect to other current theoretical approaches to power and culture. Originally published in 1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 229mm Item Length: 152mm Item Weight: 482g Book Series: Princeton Legacy Library Release Year: 2014
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Book Title:Meaning and Power in a Southeast Asian Realm
Title:Meaning and Power in a Southeast Asian Realm
ISBN-10:069160522X
EAN:9780691605227
ISBN:9780691605227
Genre:Society & Culture
Topic:Social Sciences
Release Year:2014
Release Date:14/07/2014
Country/Region of Manufacture:US
Item Length:152mm
Series:Princeton Legacy Library
Publication Year:2014
Type:Textbook
Format:Paperback
Language:English
Publication Name:Meaning and Power in a Southeast Asian Realm
Item Height:229mm
Author:Shelly Errington
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Item Width:152mm
Subject:Anthropology
Item Weight:482g
Number of Pages:346 Pages
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