Weltbild, Heilspragmatik und Herrschaftslegitimation im vorkolonialen Bali.
Frankfurt am Main. Peter Lang Europaischer Verlag der Wissenschaften. 1998. Stock ID #180373 "Why were the principles of the courtly social order not effectively challenged in pre-colonial Bali (16th-19th centuries), despite changing power constellations? Under what concrete conditions was the legitimization of an individual claim to power successful? To what extent were symbolic practices of the Balinese elite rational political strategies? Engaging with research before and after Clifford Geertz's theater-state model, the author first describes the socio-economic structure of the Balinese "early state." Based on classical Balinese literature and other historical sources, the logical connection between the categories of the traditional worldview and the practices legitimizing rule becomes clear." (Publisher's description.) When referring to this item please quote stockid 180373.
xiv + 595pp, appendix, bibliography, very lightly sunned covers, light mark bottom edge, paperback copy in very good condition. Text in German.
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