Meaning and Power in a Southeast Asian Realm 1st Editon by Shelly Errington ISBN 069160522X 978-0691605227

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ISBN 10: 069160522X

ISBN 13:  978-0691605227

Author: Shelly Errington

 The ruler in the Indic States of Southeast Asia was seen not as the “head of state” but as the center or navel of the world. Like polities, persons and houses were and are viewed as centered spaces (locations) where spiritual potency can gather. Shelly Errington explores the politics of constituting and maintaining such centered socio-political spa

Table of contents:

 Acknowledgments
Notes on Orthography, Pronunciation, and Language
Maps
Introduction: The Problem of Meaning in the Study of Politics
Part I: A Geography of Signs
Part I Introduction
Chapter One: The Person
Chapter Two: Microcosm/Macrocosm
Chapter Three: The Polity
Comment on Part I: Reading Movement
Part II: Centrifugal Tendencies
Part II Introduction
Chapter Four: Vulnerable Places
Chapter Five: The Contest for Place
Part III: Centripetal Structures
Part III Introduction
Chapter Six: The Potency of Names
Chapter Seven: Forgetting Genealogies
Chapter Eight: Centripetal Marriage
Conclusions
Local Conclusion: Transcending Politics
Comparative Conclusion: The Political Geographies of Potency
General Conclusion: Empowered Signs
Epilogue
Appendices
Glossary
References
Index
Illustrations

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