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175, 400, 409, 423, 441
Radama II, or RakotondRadama or
Ikotoseheno, 257, 258, 295, 325, 326,
Oba, the, 415, 416, 444
329–333, 335
oikos economics, 15
Radama I, 251, 257, 260, 279, 295, 308,
ontology, 36, 140, 247
331, 335
orenda, 19, 52
raiding, 15, 65, 66, 83, 87, 95, 104, 110,
Osiris, 446
111, 129, 130, 144, 401
Ranavalona I, 257, 259, 285, 295, 298,
pak, see also thek, 124, 129
315, 318, 319, 330, 338
pastoralists, 82, 128, 129, 147
Raombana, 285, 300, 314, 319–325,
see Nilotic peoples, 68, 92, 126, 128
449
patriarchy, 4
reciprocity, 53, 287
patricide, 5
regicide, 8, 68, 69, 81, 77, 105, 134, 379,
patrimony, 173, 174
403–405, 461
Pizarro, 379
ritual regicide, 68, 77, 379, 461
SUBJECT INDEX
521
royal executioners, 99, 403
royal genealogies, 83, 240, 431
relations of avoidance, 410
andriana geneaology, 448–450
Renaissance, 69, 446, 456
Shilluk genealogy, 175
reproduction, 11, 26, 66, 90, 92, 106,
see sinking status
183, 217, 218, 360, 390, 421
royalty, 88, 105, 113, 122, 129, 149, 159,
see childbirth
172, 254–256, 262, 265, 272, 277, 279,
residual sovereignty, 7, 150, 173, 210,
281, 284, 290, 307, 337, 338, 340, 361,
230
452, 454, 455
reth or Yeth, 65, 68, 70, 76–78, 83–85,
royal children, 103, 106, 277, 294,
87–89, 94, 96, 99, 101, 103–111,
297, 302, 337, 452
113–119, 121–124, 126, 127, 132, 135,
royal dead, 9, 453
153, 390, 396, 400, 401, 409
ruler sacralization index, 416
rituals, 4, 47, 48, 61, 69, 79, 85, 91, 148,
rwot, the, 165, 166
169, 190, 191, 200, 217, 218, 248,
258, 274, 278, 296, 336, 341, 350, 353,
sacred kingship, 4, 7, 72, 73, 75, 81, 84,
357, 365, 378, 379, 381–384, 387, 388,
100, 101, 127–129, 131, 291, 294, 400,
404, 406, 409, 416, 429, 431, 434,
402–404, 413, 417, 436
445, 454
Frazerian kingship, 8, 66–71,
circumcision rituals, 268, 277, 289,
104–105, 133, 414, 379, 397,
294, 311, 333–334, 336, 448
401–404, 413–414, 436
see installation rituals
see fetish
mortuary rituals, 454
see scapegoat
purification rituals, 404
sacrifice, 8, 11, 29, 31, 53, 56, 61, 62, 87,
royal rituals, 99, 123, 224, 267, 274,
91, 92, 97, 114, 115, 119, 124–128, 155,
279, 286
168, 200, 254, 296, 311, 348, 379,
ritualized murder, 70, 403, 442
386, 394, 402, 405, 407, 408, 431,
Romance of Ninus and Semiramis, 422,
436, 441–445
424
Sammuramat, 422
royal capitals, and royal courts, 11, 66,
scapegoat, 8, 71, 72, 75, 80, 127,
131, 135, 146
404–407
Antananarivo, 283
Scottish Enlightenment, 12
viz. cosmological mandala, 233
semangat, 19
Cuzco, 429, 431
semen, 26
Fashoda, 84–86, 89, 94, 96,
sequestration, 416
101–107, 109, 110, 113–115, 125,
Shaka, 78
130, 171
shamans, 3, 16, 34, 35, 38, 40, 58, 60,
Kwararafa, 406
384
Mbanza Kongo, 157, 181, 182, 198,
Shiva, 13, 355, 366
201–204, 206–210
shrine, 48, 94, 96, 97, 99, 101, 109, 110,
Mbanza Nsundi, 174
114–116, 200, 326, 437, 444
Milansi, 161
Akurwa, 94, 96, 107, 110, 111, 115,
Tollan, 145, 225, 228, 234, 238, 240,
120
245
Aturwic, 115
522
ON KINGS
lineage shrine, 99, 101
state, 3–6, 11, 17, 20–22, 29, 33, 35, 36,
royal shrines, 86, 87, 93
46, 61–66, 68, 74–75, 79, 82, 91, 92,
silk, 252, 263, 265, 269, 279, 334, 447,
134, 137, 147–150, 154, 160–164, 167,
454
170, 199, 205, 224, 228, 230, 235, 241,
sinking status, 9, 10, 153, 392, 393,
256–259, 288, 301, 314, 320, 321, 323,
430–433, 436, 446, 452, 453, 455, 461
338, 340, 342, 358, 371, 373, 374, 378,
slavery, 256, 257, 266, 325, 326, 329, 448
380, 382, 386, 395, 402, 428, 429,
in Merina, 258, 260, 273, 290, 294,
437, 443, 456, 458–463
340
city-states, 63, 145, 211, 228, 366
slave trade, 88, 413
modern states, 1, 24, 66, 258, 312,
social class, 5, 7, 42, 44, 60, 63, 129,
389, 398–399, 458
162, 243, 311, 380, 384, 393, 401, 413,
precolonial states, 149, 196
417, 439
premodern, or early, states, 5, 10,
see the Ororo
133, 144, 224, 228, 232, 416
see priestly class
segmentary states, 163, 233, 248,
ruling class (see Ashikongo,
347, 352,
andriana), 15, 60, 162, 182–184,
state apparatus, 76, 416
195, 206, 232, 251, 254–256,
state authority, 81, 108, 317–318
263, 277–279, 283–288, 290,
state formation, 5, 22, 29, 147, 149,
292–294, 299, 301, 302, 304,
162, 228
307, 308, 311, 313, 314, 321, 323,
viz. the nation, 21, 68, 71, 74, 87,
330–332, 336, 337, 447, 451–455
115, 132, 136–137, 242, 376–377,
subject, or subordinate class (see
463
Ambundu, hova), 5, 195, 232,
stranger kings, 5–10, 12, 14, 29, 40, 61–
393
62, 75, 142, 144–156, 159, 160–223,
working class, 195, 218, 273, 333
223–248, 290, 292, 310, 365, 373,
societas, 217, 218
378, 387, 398, 413–416, 430–431, 436,
socius, 27, 39
438, 447, 449, 452, 459, 460, 464
sovereignty, 2, 4–6, 22, 24, 29, 66, 67,
alien rulers, 149, 150, 169, 196
73–75, 81, 130, 136–138, 149, 160,
elite migration, 149
163, 169, 175, 180, 208, 224, 226,
turbulent princes, 153, 154, 164,
249, 280, 291, 292, 335, 336, 347, 355,
167
358, 377–381, 387, 397–400, 402,
structural-functionalism, 247
404, 405, 409, 411, 412, 416, 419,
structuralism, 247
426, 428, 436, 442–444, 446, 447,
symmetrical schismogenesis, 166, 235,
453, 456, 458, 459, 461–464
238, 246–247, 370, 372–373
absolute sovereignty, 393, 425
dual sovereignty, 191
taboo, 26, 30, 31, 50, 229, 286, 289, 291,
popular sovereignty, 1, 12, 463
297, 368, 403, 408, 412
residual sovereignty, 7, 150, 173,
royal taboos, 409, 415
210, 230
tabu, 410
state of nature, 3, 24, 33, 35
violation of, 30, 407
see violence
tangena ordeal, 320, 322, 325
SUBJECT INDEX
523
Tantara ny andriana eto Madagascar,
violence, 5, 6, 9, 71, 73–75, 82, 91, 99,
251, 263, 283, 286, 296–297. 300,
102, 103, 120–122, 124, 127–130,
302, 305, 308, 313–315, 321–322, 330,
134–137, 156–158, 161, 192, 250, 265,
336, 340–342, 447, 453–454
290, 307, 318, 392, 399, 409, 412,
Tatqeq, 28
445, 457, 463
Tattooed Serpent, the, 391, 395
arbitrary violence, 66, 75, 77, 78,
temporality, 17, 23, 140, 189, 216
80, 81, 94, 95, 127, 128, 134, 294,
tenda’ana, 151
402
Tezcatlipoca, 231
Hobbesian war, 71, 108
Tezozomoc, 236–239, 243, 246
law-making and law-maintaining
thek, see also pak, 124, 129
violence, 74
Thoth, 446
see policing power
Tlaloc, 243, 244, 246
tlatoani, 241, 242, 244
wakan, 39, 52
Tlohtzin Map, 245
weapons of the weak, 161
totems, 44, 353, 365
welfare states, 73, 75
tribute, 13, 15, 53, 88, 103, 104, 130, 166,
White Woman, the, 391
173, 182, 184, 195, 208, 232, 236, 307,
witchcraft, 141, 168, 177, 320
357, 360, 361, 364, 367, 374
women’s rebellions, 298, 312–316,
Triemanosinamamy, 261, 262, 264
325–330
Triple Alliance, the, 244, 246
world-systems theory, 351, 353
Tsoede, 143, 144, 155
Tupac Amaru, 440
Xotlotl, 244
utopia, 65, 66, 130, 137, 420
Zeus, 229, 381, 420
royal court as a utopia, 11
viz. the sacred, 52, 84, 96, 100, 129,
133, 170, 185, 187, 199, 200, 332,
333, 355, 357, 366, 403, 412
Name Index
Adler, Alfred, 192, 231
Comte, Auguste, 44
Århem, Kaj, 36, 42, 61, 357
Crazzolara, Joseph Pasquale, 84, 94,
96, 99, 103, 124, 153
Baer, Peter, 418
Cunnison, Ian, 148, 197, 198, 210, 215,
Balandier, Georges, 155, 156, 158, 187,
216, 441
202, 211, 232, 346
Barth, Fredrik, 38, 46, 52, 247, 278
Dalley, Stephanie, 422, 440
Bascom, William, 212
Danowski, Déborah, 36
Bataille, Georges, 73
de Brosses, Charles, 44
Bateson, Gregory, 166, 190, 235, 238,
de Heusch, Luc, 29, 69–74, 115, 127,
246, 370, 373
131, 138, 139, 143, 149, 152–157, 187,
Benjamin, Walter, 74, 75, 134
191, 192, 194, 202, 217, 231, 403, 405
Birmingham, David, 187
Deleuze, Gilles, 131
Bloch, Maurice, 266, 268, 274, 280,
Descartes, Rene, 18, 24, 36
312, 340, 378, 451
Descola, Philippe, 18, 19, 39, 44, 54
Boas, Franz, 28, 30, 32–34, 385–387, 446
Douglas, Mary, 217, 237, 240, 244, 245,
Bogoras, Waldemar, 30, 34, 43
437
Bondarenko, Dmitri, 415, 416
Drucker-Brown, Susan, 172
Boston, John S., 160, 191
Duran, Frey, 237–239, 242–244
Brooke, Rajah, 7, 145, 224
Durkheim, Émile, 21, 57, 291, 410
Brumbaugh, Robert, 46–49, 51
Ekholm, Kajsa, 149, 202, 206, 233, 247,
Calnek, Edward, 232, 237, 242, 245
353, 354, 413, 414, 416
Campbell, Gwyn, 316, 317, 443, 444
Evans-Pritchard, Edward Evan, 44,
Carrasco, David, 226, 242
68–70, 74, 75, 77, 78, 80, 94, 104,
Clastres, Pierre, 81, 130, 131, 389, 390
105, 116, 117, 124–126, 131, 136, 154,
Cohen, Ronald, 163
193, 379
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ON KINGS
Fallers, Lloyd, 166
Howell, Signe, 25–27
Fausto, Carlos, 31, 44, 52
Feeley-Harnik, Gil ian, x, 134, 445, 451
Izard, Michael, 148, 154, 169, 177, 192,
Feierman, Steven, 155, 158, 167
194, 197
Firth, Raymond, 145
Forge, Anthony, 19, 60, 248, 286, 350
Jacobsen, Thorkild, 62–64
Frazer, James, 8, 65–71, 105, 151, 152,
Jorgensen, Dan, 46, 48–50, 248
159, 211, 212, 214, 348, 379, 380,
401–404, 413, 422, 423
Kantorowicz, Ernst, 69, 442
Fried, Morton, 248, 352
Keesing, Roger, 40, 52, 59
Friedman, Jonathan, 52, 206, 233, 247,
Kopytoff, Igor, 150
353, 354
Kroeber, Alfred, 21, 247, 248, 351, 352,
381–384
Gardner, Don, 32, 38, 41, 51
Kurimoto, Eisei, 78
Geertz, Clifford, 9, 61, 153, 175, 295,
430–432
La Page du Pratz, Antoine-Simon,
Geertz, Hildred, 9, 153, 295, 430–432
393, 395, 396
Gesick, Lorraine, 366
Lagercrantz, Sture, 403, 407
Gewertz, Deborah, 248, 349, 352
Lang, Andrew, 35, 36
Giesey, Ralph, 69
Lattimore, Owen, 193
Gillespie, Susan, 226, 229
Leach, Edmund, 13, 31, 53, 185, 214,
Girard, Rene, 71, 72, 79, 404
216, 235, 245, 369
Girling, F. K., 165, 167
Lévi-Strauss, Claude, 6, 50, 190,
Goodenough, Ward, 225
246–248
Guattari, Felix, 131
Lienhardt, Godfrey, 44, 92, 95, 102,
Gumplowicz, Ludwig, 160, 228
176
Guyer, Jane, 152, 195
Livingstone, David, 134, 135, 168, 444
Locke, John, 39
Hansen, Thomas, 73
Lombard, Jacques, 148, 158, 185, 193,
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 57,
199
249, 250
Lowie, Robert, 381, 387–389
Helms, Mary, 195, 232, 233, 349, 351,
354, 367, 426
MacGaffey, Wyatt, 157, 176–178, 180,
Hilton, Anne, 175, 186, 187, 207
183, 187, 189, 190, 207, 214, 216–219,
Hocart, Arthur Maurice, ix, 23, 24,
414, 415
29, 35, 53, 62, 64, 72, 145, 274, 290,
Mair, Lucy, 149, 150, 165, 445
348, 378, 380, 400, 445, 459
Malinowski, Bronislaw, 145, 215
Hofmayr, Wilhelm, 77, 84, 86, 87,
Marx, Karl, 15, 21, 57, 59, 182, 196,
93–96, 98–100, 105, 106, 109, 113,
217–218, 247, 273, 368, 375
116, 119, 122
Mauss, Marcel, 53
Home, Henry (Lord Kames), 12
Meggitt, Mervyn, 37, 38
Howell, P.P., 77, 84–87, 93, 94, 96, 97,
Motolinia, Toribo de Benavente, 227,
99, 101, 106–112, 114, 118
239
NAME INDEX
527
Myers, Fred, 45, 140
Steward, Julian, 21, 383, 438
Stewart, Marjorie, xi, 1
48, 153, 185, 199,
Ogot, Bethwell Allan, 84
200
Oliver, Roland, 226, 334
Oosten, Jarch Gerlof, 27, 28, 30, 36,
Tambiah, Stanley, 162, 226, 233, 234,
40
247, 354, 355, 357, 358, 370, 374
Overing, Joanna, 51, 59
Tauxier, Louis, 151, 152
Thompson, W. P. G., 444
Packard, Randall, 157, 194, 196
Thornton, John, 145, 146, 156, 157, 159,
Peirce, Leslie, 418, 419
178, 180–182, 184, 186, 189, 204,
Peregrine, Peter, 353
206, 207, 217–219
Petri, Helmut, 45, 59
Townsend, Richard, 230, 244
Turner, Victor, x, 17, 142, 143, 170, 217
Radcliffe-Brown, Alfred Reginald, 21
Turton, Andrew, 368
Rasmussen, Knud, 27–29, 31–33, 35
Tylor, Edward Burnett, 44
Rattray, Robert Sutherland, 192, 193
Ray, Benjamin, 134, 135, 303, 304, 323,
Valeri, Valerio, 26, 31, 142
401, 437, 443, 444
van Glahn, Richard, 365
Riad, Mohammed, 85, 94, 105, 106,
Vansina, Jan,149, 202, 213
109, 111, 113, 116
Vernant, Jean-Pierre, 139, 140
Richards, Audrey, 8, 71, 153, 161, 167,
Viveiros de Castro, Eduardo, xi, 36,
193, 401, 443
38, 39, 42, 57, 58
Rousseau, Jean Jacques, 228
Voltaire, 422
Rutherford, Danilyn, 360
von Clausewitz, Carl, 137
von Herder, Johann Gottfried, 21
Schmitt, Carl, 24, 82, 136, 291, 398, 458
Schnepel, Burkhard, 69, 81, 84, 95, 97,
Wallerstein, Immanuel, 247, 345, 352,
102, 105, 107–109, 117, 120, 132, 175
353
Seligman, Charles, 67, 68, 77, 86–88,
Weber, Max, 132, 136, 458, 459
92, 96, 99, 100, 104–106, 113, 119,
Westermann, Dietrich, 76, 77, 84, 87,
379
93–96, 100, 119, 122
Simonse, Simon, 73, 78–81, 84, 91, 94,
White, John, 141,
106, 116, 399, 405
White, Leslie, 21,
Skeat, William Walter, 368
Winans, Edgar, 148, 154, 158, 160
Southall, Aidan, 62, 148, 149, 152, 159,
Wissler, Clark, 248, 351
161–163, 167, 176, 193, 195, 233, 248,
Wrigley, Christopher, 134, 401, 437
347–349, 352
Spencer, Herbert, 21
Zahan, Dominique, 150, 170
Stepputat, Finn, 73
Ethnonym Index
Abelam, the, 60, 61, 349, 350, 369
Arctic, the, 20, 30, 43
Achaemenid Empire, the, 424
the Siberian Arctic, 28, 43
Achuar, the, 18, 39, 43, 44, 54
Asante kingdom, the, 149, 443
Akkadians, the, 464
Assiniboine, the, 388
Alcohua, the, 244, 246
Assyria, 82, 440
Algonkians, the, 40
see Queen Sammuramat
Alur, the, 62, 148, 149, 152, 153, 160–162,
see Queen Semiramis
167, 176, 193, 195, 196, 347–350
Australia, 27, 45, 382, 434