- Economic anthropology, Indians, Indians of South America, Political anthropology
"The thesis is radical," writes Marshall Sahlins of this landmark text in anthropology and political science. "We conventionally define the state as the regulation of violence; it may be the origin of it.
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Grave, earnest, cool and contemplative.
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- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Pierre Clastres, Pierre Clastres
- First published
- 1974
- Pages
- 191
- Publisher
- Éditions de minuit, Ayrinti Yayinlari, Distributed by the MIT Press
- Editions
- 16
- Language
- French, English, tur, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9780942299878
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