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Technology, Tradition and the State in Africa

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Technology, Tradition and the State in Africa

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Technology, Tradition and the State in Africa book

Technology, Tradition and the State in Africa

DOI link for Technology, Tradition and the State in Africa

Technology, Tradition and the State in Africa book

ByJack Goody
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1971
eBook Published 24 August 2018
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429505393
Pages 102
eBook ISBN 9780429505393
Subjects Area Studies, Social Sciences
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Goody, J. (1971). Technology, Tradition and the State in Africa (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429505393

ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1971 this book argues that certain aspects of traditional African social systems have been misunderstood because of a failure to appreciate what is implied by important differences between the technologies of the major traditional African states and those of Europe and Asia. Differences in the modes of agricultural production were connected with differences in other aspects of the social system such as the relations between subjects and chiefs. This means that comparisons with the feudal systems of Western Europe or the monarchies of Asiatic states have definite limitations. Differences in technology not only affected not only the means of production but also of destruction. The importance of differential access to the means of domination is stressed as a critical factor in African political systems. This is an aspect which has been obscured in many studies that have relied largely on material gathered after the establishment of colonial rule.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|20 pages

Feudalism in Africa?

chapter 2|18 pages

Polity and the Means of Production

chapter 3|18 pages

Polity and the Means of Destruction

chapter 4|16 pages

Polity and Ritual: The Opposition of Horse and Earth

chapter 5|4 pages

Conclusions

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