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The anthropologist, the state, the empire and the ‘tribe’
Author(s) -
Nader Laura
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
anthropology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.419
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1467-8322
pISSN - 0268-540X
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8322.12189
Subject(s) - tribe , empire , state (computer science) , thistle , history , state formation , ethnology , anthropology , sociology , ancient history , genealogy , political science , law , politics , ecology , biology , computer science , algorithm
This review of Akbar Ahmed's The thistle and the drone finds that the book opens new dimensions for understanding the relations between state and peripheral groups.