Antropologia polityczna Afryki – tradycja brytyjska
Political anthropology of Africa – the British tradition

Author(s): Wojciech Dohnal
Subject(s): Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: British anthropology; political anthropology; Africa; colonialism; postcolonialism
Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to a critical reflection on the history of research conducted by British political anthropologists in Africa. The author discusses major theoretical paradigms, including structural functionalism, processualism, symbolism and postmodernism and analyzes how the changing historical context – from implementation of the system of indirect rule in Africa to the present day – has influenced the ways of understanding politics in anthropological discourse.

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