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Somalia and the Dissolution of the Nation‐State 818–824
Author(s) -
Simons Anna
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
american anthropologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1548-1433
pISSN - 0002-7294
DOI - 10.1525/aa.1994.96.4.02a00040
Subject(s) - dissolution , state (computer science) , perspective (graphical) , sociology , political science , political economy , environmental ethics , engineering , philosophy , computer science , chemical engineering , algorithm , artificial intelligence
Anthropologists appear less interested in examining the dissolution of the nation‐state than other social scientists. This is curious. Theoretically we may already possess tools for understanding conditions of dissolution. More significantly, we often are inadvertently caught within such situations. The ongoing dissolution of nation‐states such as Somalia should thus raise questions about structure, perspective, and the role of anthropologists.