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Amerindian societies have an iconic status in classical political thought. For Montaigne, Hobbes, Locke, Hume and Rousseau, the native American ‘state of nature’ operates as a foil for the European polity. Challenging this tradition, The Imbalance of Power demonstrates ethnographically that the Carib speaking indigenous societies of the Guiana region of Amazonia do not fit conventional characterizations of ‘simple’ political units with ‘egalitarian’ political ideologies and ‘harmonious’ relationships with nature. Marc Brightman builds a persuasive and original theory of Amerindian politics: far from balanced and egalitarian, Carib societies are rife with tension and difference; but this imbalance conditions social dynamism and a distinctive mode of cohesion. The Imbalance of Power is based on the author’s fieldwork in partnership with Vanessa Grotti, who is working on a companion volume entitled Living with the Enemy: First Contacts and the Making of Christian Bodies in Amazonia.

Trio Indians. --- Wayana Indians. --- Akurio Indians. --- Power (Social sciences) --- Group identity --- Leadership --- Masculinity --- Political aspects --- Guiana --- Ethnic relations. --- amazonia. --- american indian. --- amerindian politics. --- amerindian. --- carib. --- cultural anthropology. --- cultural studies. --- defying stereotypes. --- differences between tribes. --- egalitarian. --- egalitarianism. --- ethnographic. --- europe. --- european polity. --- feminism. --- feminist. --- guiana. --- harmonious with nature. --- history. --- indian stereotypes. --- indigenous people. --- native american. --- patriarchy. --- political ideologies. --- social dynamic. --- sociology. --- state of nature. --- tension. --- unconventional. --- united states history.

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This book compiles a collection of case studies analysing drivers of and responses to change amongst contemporary hunter-gatherers.

Social isolation --- History.

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Amerindian societies have an iconic status in classical political thought. For Montaigne, Hobbes, Locke, Hume and Rousseau, the native American ‘state of nature’ operates as a foil for the European polity. Challenging this tradition, The Imbalance of Power demonstrates ethnographically that the Carib speaking indigenous societies of the Guiana region of Amazonia do not fit conventional characterizations of ‘simple’ political units with ‘egalitarian’ political ideologies and ‘harmonious’ relationships with nature. Marc Brightman builds a persuasive and original theory of Amerindian politics: far from balanced and egalitarian, Carib societies are rife with tension and difference; but this imbalance conditions social dynamism and a distinctive mode of cohesion. The Imbalance of Power is based on the author’s fieldwork in partnership with Vanessa Grotti, who is working on a companion volume entitled Living with the Enemy: First Contacts and the Making of Christian Bodies in Amazonia.

Social sciences (general) --- Trio Indians. --- Wayana Indians. --- Akurio Indians. --- Power (Social sciences) --- Group identity --- Leadership --- Masculinity --- Political aspects --- Guiana --- Ethnic relations.

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This book compiles research from leading experts in the social, behavioral, and cultural dimensions of sustainability, as well as local and global understandings of the concept, and on lived practices around the world. It contains studies focusing on ways of living, acting, and thinking which claim to favor the local and global ecological systems of which we are a part, and on which we depend for survival. The concept of sustainability as a product of concern about global environmental degradation, rising social inequalities, and dispossession is presented as a key concept. The contributors explore the opportunities to engage with questions of sustainability and to redefine the concept of sustainability in anthropological terms.

Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Social stratification --- Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- Nature protection --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- duurzaamheid --- sociale ongelijkheid --- milieubeleid --- natuureducatie --- antropologie --- natuurbescherming

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Through ethnography of the Amazonia region, Ownership and Nurture sets new and challenging terms for debates about the classic anthropological theme of property. This volume demonstrates that property relations are of central importance in Amazonia despite portrayals of the region as the antithesis of Western, property-based, civilization.

Interpersonal relations.