State-like and State-dislike in the Anthropological Margins

This lecture argues for a return to the study of political institutions in so-called "stateless societies".

Judith Scheele is Directrice d’études, École des hautes études en sciences sociales, France.

Deborah James (@djameslse) is Professor in the Department of Anthropology at LSE.

This event is the Malinowski Memorial Lecture 2019.

Anthropology (@LSEAnthropology) is the comparative study of culture and society. We ask big questions about what we have in common, and what makes us different.

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