Vicente Lull, Rafael Mico

Archaeology of the Origin of the State

The Theories

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book, newly translated from the original Spanish, first offers a summary of the main theories about what we today call the State', a category that draws together various interests in the research into the past of human societies and, at the same time, inspires passionate political and ideological debate. The authors review political philosophies from Greek antiquity to contemporary evolutionism. They then examine how the State has been viewed and studied within archaeology in the twentieth century, and offer an alternative approach based upon historical materialism. Their argument that this method can be profitably used to study the archaeological record is a sophisticated and creative contribution to current theory, and will inspire debate about its implications for our understanding of human history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780199557844
• ISBN-10: 0199557845
• Artikelnr.: 32896051

Autorenporträt

Vincente Lull is Professor of Prehistory at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Rafael Mico is Lecturer in Prehistory at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
I. Theories about the State
1: The Classical Conception
2: The State According to Christianity
3: Renaissance of the State
4: The Seventeenth Century: Fear and Property
5: The Eighteenth Century: Lights and Shadows in the State
6: The Absolute State
7: The Critique of the State in Marx
8: Evolutionism and the State
II. Archaeology of the State
9: Archaeology and Research on the State
10: Towards a Marxist Archaeology of the State
11: Epilogue: Theories of the State and the Archaeology of the State: Continuities and Complicity