Traders and the Center in Massina, Kong, and Samori's State
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3910776 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Victor Azarya (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 420 |
| Publication date | 1980-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of African Historical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-7882 • E-ISSN: 2326-3016 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/218951 |
| OpenAlex | W2254285176 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Since their first formulation by Shils about twenty years ago, the concepts of center and periphery have been used by an increasing number of social scientists and have entered into the standard lexicon of many sociological studies, especially those dealing with social order and change at a macro-sociological level. However, in studies concerning the political and religious spheres, a major conceptual difficulty derives from the fact that these spheres, because they deal with the regulation and legitimation of the social order, are seemingly included in the very definition of center. Therefore the relationship between those spheres and centrality comes dangerously close to being tautological. Already in his original formulation of the concept of center, Shils wrote that the central value system central because it is espoused by the ruling authorities of the society.' Later, expanding on his earlier formulation, he added that
Political science · Chemistry · Computer Science · History · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 1981 - 2024 (44) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |