Jon Abbink
Biographic Data
| ID | 3611670 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jon Abbink |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jon |
| FAMILY NAME | Abbink |
| SIGNATURE | ABBINK J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 7 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Routledge Handbook of the Horn of Africa
Situated at the junction of the Sahel-Saharan strip and the Arabian Peninsula, the Horn of Africa is growing in global importance due to demographic growth and the strategic importance of the Suez Canal. Divided into sections on authoritarianism and resistance, religion and politics, migration, economic integration, the military, and regimes and liberation, the contributors provide up-to-date, authoritative knowledge on the region in light of con…
Rhetoric and Social Relations
This volume explores the constitutive role of rhetoric in socio-cultural relations, where discursive persuasion is so important, and contains both theoretical chapters as well as fascinating examples of the ambiguities and effects of rhetoric used (un)consciously in social praxis. The elements of power, competition and political persuasion figure prominently. It is an accessible collection of studies, speaking to common issues and problems in soc…
Rhetoric and Social Relations
Rhetoric and Social Relations
Meanings of Violence
There are good reasons to look at violence from new perspectives. In its endless manifestations violence is part and parcel of human existence, and is very probably a constituting element of human society. And yet violent action - warfare, penalties, insults, feuding, assault, murder, rape, suicide, sports - remains in all its complexity one of the least understood fields of human social life.The book's contributors identify the symbolic and ritu…
Reconfiguring Ethiopia
The anthropology of elites
Introduction: An Anthropological Perspective on Elite Power and the Cultural Politics of Elites T.Salverda & J.Abbink Researching Elites: Old and New Perspectives H.Schijf Land, Historicity, and Lifestyle: Capital and its Conversions among the Gentry in Poland L.Jakubowska Continuity and Change as Two Identifying Principles amongst Nepalese Nobility S.Lotter Beyond Wealth and Pleasant Posture: Exploring Elite Competition in the Patronage Democrac…
Land, Law and Politics in Africa
Vanguard or Vandals
Rethinking Resistance
Revolts and violence have always been features of African history but questions frequently still remain as to what and who the targets of resistance were. This volume reviews the subject of resistance in the light of current scholarly thought. Were political forms of resistance directed at the imposition or ending of colonial rule or at African elites profiting from the onset of capitalist relations of production? Or did they have purely sociolog…
Meanings of Violence
There are good reasons to look at violence from new perspectives. In its endless manifestations violence is part and parcel of human existence, and is very probably a constituting element of human society. And yet violent action - warfare, penalties, insults, feuding, assault, murder, rape, suicide, sports - remains in all its complexity one of the least understood fields of human social life.The book's contributors identify the symbolic and ritu…
Rethinking Resistance
Revolts and violence have always been features of African history but questions frequently still remain as to what and who the targets of resistance were. This volume reviews the subject of resistance in the light of current scholarly thought. Were political forms of resistance directed at the imposition or ending of colonial rule or at African elites profiting from the onset of capitalist relations of production? Or did they have purely sociolog…
Vanguard or Vandals
Land, Law and Politics in Africa
The anthropology of elites
Introduction: An Anthropological Perspective on Elite Power and the Cultural Politics of Elites T.Salverda & J.Abbink Researching Elites: Old and New Perspectives H.Schijf Land, Historicity, and Lifestyle: Capital and its Conversions among the Gentry in Poland L.Jakubowska Continuity and Change as Two Identifying Principles amongst Nepalese Nobility S.Lotter Beyond Wealth and Pleasant Posture: Exploring Elite Competition in the Patronage Democrac…
Reconfiguring Ethiopia
Meanings of Violence
There are good reasons to look at violence from new perspectives. In its endless manifestations violence is part and parcel of human existence, and is very probably a constituting element of human society. And yet violent action - warfare, penalties, insults, feuding, assault, murder, rape, suicide, sports - remains in all its complexity one of the least understood fields of human social life.The book's contributors identify the symbolic and ritu…
Rhetoric and Social Relations
This volume explores the constitutive role of rhetoric in socio-cultural relations, where discursive persuasion is so important, and contains both theoretical chapters as well as fascinating examples of the ambiguities and effects of rhetoric used (un)consciously in social praxis. The elements of power, competition and political persuasion figure prominently. It is an accessible collection of studies, speaking to common issues and problems in soc…
Rhetoric and Social Relations
Rhetoric and Social Relations
Routledge Handbook of the Horn of Africa
Situated at the junction of the Sahel-Saharan strip and the Arabian Peninsula, the Horn of Africa is growing in global importance due to demographic growth and the strategic importance of the Suez Canal. Divided into sections on authoritarianism and resistance, religion and politics, migration, economic integration, the military, and regimes and liberation, the contributors provide up-to-date, authoritative knowledge on the region in light of con…
Sociology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (3 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Ideology (2 works) · Language and languages (2 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works)