ANT102H5 Lecture 10: ANT102 - 10
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Some political structures are like pyramids (hierarchical); common in the middle ages. The leviathan: book written by thomas hobbes ; written during the english civil war (leviathan: a powerful sea monster) What a nation needs is a rm social contract, coupled with an absolute ruler (the leviathan) - someone who sits at top. If you don"t have this type of government with an absolute power, there will be war. Rhizome: a modi ed subterranean stem of a plant that is usually found underground, often sending out roots and shoots from its nodes. A metaphor: a model for culture and political power: culture spreads like the stems. Egalitarianism anarchy: everybody has equal participation ( at) There is a certain kind of power that is given over to certain persons/of ces; legitimate power. Looked across all descriptions of political power and structure and realized a non- coincidental relationship between each. Divided political structure into: band, tribe, chiefdom, state.
