Archaeology of the Origin of the State

The Theories
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-955784-4
Verlag: OUP UK

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 568 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lull, Vicente

Micó, Rafael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Staats- und Regierungsformen, Staatslehre
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Archäologie: Theorie und Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 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

Über Autor(innen)

Vicente Lull, Professor of Prehistory at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and Rafael Micó, Lecturer in Prehistory at the Autonomous University of Barcelona