5. Evolution, fission, and the early state

Chapters in this book

1. I-XIV I
2. 1. ‘Sacred kingship’ and formation of the state 1
3. 2. Traditional Rwanda: deconsecrating a sacred kingdom 15
4. 3. Kinship and politics. The formation of the state among the pastoralists of the Sahara and the Sahel 35
5. 4. Specific features of the African early state 59
6. 5. Evolution, fission, and the early state 87
7. 6. The structure of the Mamprusi kingdom and the cult of naam 117
8. 7. Social function and political power: a case study of state formation in irrigation society 133
9. 8. The early state among the Eurasian nomads 155
10. 9. The legitimation of early inchoate states 177
11. 10. Warfare and the origin of the state: another formulation 201
12. 11. West African kingdoms and the early state: a review of some recent analyses 223
13. 12. ‘Divine kingship’ in chiefdoms and states. A single ideological model 239
14. 13. The Kushāṇa state: a preliminary study 251
15. 14. The pre-colonial Indian state in history and epistemology. A reconstruction of societal formation in the Western Deccan from the fifteenth to the early nineteenth century 275
16. 15. Ways of state formation in Africa: a demonstration of typical possibilities 303
17. 16. Kalinga and Andhra: the process of secondary state formation in early India 317
18. 17. Some additional thoughts on the concept of the early state 339
19. 18. From ‘empire’ to state: the emergence of the kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara: c. 1350-1890 353
20. 19. Terrestrial deities and celestial bureaucrats: transformation of the state and local communities in the Asiatic mode of production in Japan 371
21. 20. The state as a problem of jurisprudence 387
22. 21. The state as empire 409
23. 22. The army and the formation of the states of West Africa in the nineteenth century: the cases of Kenedugu and Samori state 427
24. 23. Marx and Weber on the primary state 443
25. 24. The study of the Southeast Asian state 455
26. 25. Ubi sumus? The Study of the State conference in retrospect 469
27. Biographical notes 511
28. Index of names 519
29. Index of subjects 527