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Carte Subaltern Sovereigns Peter Berger

Subaltern Sovereigns

Rituals of Rule and Regeneration in Highland Odisha, India

Autor: Peter Berger
Limbă: engleză
Legare: Carte broșată
Editura: De Gruyter
Disponibilitate: În depozitul extern
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The vast and ancient topic of kingship in India has mostly been studied from the perspectives of rul...

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Autor
Peter Berger
Limbă
engleză
Legare
Carte - Carte broșată
Publicat
2025
Pagini
471
EAN
9783112216187
Enbook ID
48419899
Editura
De Gruyter
Greutate
715
Dimensiuni
155 x 230

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The vast and ancient topic of kingship in India has mostly been studied from the perspectives of rulers and other elites. But what constitutes sovereignty viewed from "below"? This book - ethnographic and comparative in its essence - deals with indigenous conceptualizations of sovereignty taking as its starting point a local proverb that connects the ritual (Dasara) of the king with festivals performed by his "tribal" subjects. The first part of the book initially introduces some pan-Indian ideas of kingship and proceeds to discuss indigenous notions of sovereignty as represented in rituals and myths in the region concerned (highland Odisha). The second part is devoted to the investigation of the proverbial performances. Mainly based on historical sources first the Dasara festival of the king is discussed, subsequently the indigenous rituals are described and analyzed, which the author ethnographically documented around the turn of the millennium. Ultimately, the proverb and the rituals constitute the idea of a sacrificial polity in which rulers and ruled share sovereignty in the sense that they are co-responsible for the flow of life.

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