Order and rebellion in tribal Africa: collected essays, with an autobiographical introduction

Annotation These essays are mainly concerned with the development of some of Max Gluckman's ideas about African politics. He regarded frequent rebellions to replace incumbents of political offices (as against revolutions to alter the structure of offices) as inherent in these politics. Later he connected this situation with modes of husbandry, problems of the devolution of power, types of weapons and the law of treason. He advanced to a general theory of ritual, as well as to general propositions about the position of officials representing conflicting interests within a hierarchy, typified by the African chief under colonial rule. Originally published in 1963 Cover 1 Title page 6 Copyright page 7 Contents 11 Preface 13 Introduction 22 I. An Advance in African Sociology 90 II. Succession and Civil War among the Bemba - An Exercise in Anthropological Theory 139 III. Rituals of Rebellion in South-East Africa 176 IV. The Magic of Despair 215 V. The Village Headman in British Central Africa (with J. C. Mitchell and J. A. Barnes) 228 VI. Chief and Native Commissioner in Modern Zululand 263 VII. The Reasonable Man in Barotse Law 273 VIII. Malinowski's ‘Functional’ Analysis of Social Change 313 IX. Malinowski’s Contribution to Social Anthropology 353 X. Malinowski—Fieldworker and Theorist 366 Index 404 EBC,Converted 1. An Advance in African Sociology 2. Succession and Civil War among the Bemba 3. Rituals of Rebellion in South-East Africa 4. The Magic of Despair 5. The Village Headman in British Central Africa (with J.C. Mitchell and J.A. Barnes) 6. Chief and Native Commissioner in Modern Zululand 7. The Reasonable Man in Barotse Law 8. Malinowski's Contribution to Social Anthropology 9. Malinowski