Law as Refuge of Anarchy: Societies Without Hegemony or State

by Hermann Amborn

Book Overview

A study of communities in the Horn of Africa where reciprocity is a dominant social principle, offering a concrete countermodel to the hierarchical state.

Over the course of history, people have developed many varieties of communal life; the state, with its hierarchical structure, is only one of the possibilities for society. In this book, leading anthropologist Hermann Amborn identifies a countermodel to the state, describing communities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262536587
• ISBN13: 9780262536585
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.4" x 6.9"