David Sneath: 2 books
The Headless State
Aristocratic Orders, Kinship Society, and Misrepresentations of Nomadic Inner Asia
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2007
In this groundbreaking work, social anthropologist David Sneath aggressively dispels the myths surrounding the history of steppe societies and proposes a new understanding of the nature and formation of the state. Since the colonial era, representations of Inner Asia have been dominated by images...
The End of Nomadism?
Society, State, and the Environment in Inner Asia
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Those who herd in the vast grassland region of Inner Asia face a precarious situation as they struggle to respond to the momentous political and economic changes of recent years. In The End of Nomadism? Caroline Humphrey and David Sneath confront the romantic, ahistorical myth of the wandering nomad...