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2. OF SOVEREIGNS, SACRED KINGS, AND POLEMICS
Author(s) -
FANCY HUSSEIN
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
history and theory
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.169
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1468-2303
pISSN - 0018-2656
DOI - 10.1111/hith.12003
Subject(s) - monarchy , sovereignty , context (archaeology) , value (mathematics) , inheritance (genetic algorithm) , politics , philosophy , epistemology , history , law , political science , archaeology , biochemistry , chemistry , machine learning , computer science , gene
In its emphasis on ritual and sacred kingship, Azfar Moin's The Millennial Sovereign bears the imprint of anthropological theory, but Moin addresses this inheritance only obliquely. This essay seeks to draw out that tradition and to place theories of sovereignty and sacred kingship in their intellectual and historical context. Ultimately, it questions the value of these theories to the study of political authority.