ANTH 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Nationstates, Primitive Communism, Miranda Warning
29 Aug 2020
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Power and politics the structure of control of a group of people. Right and wrong dictated by god or spiritual forces. Right and wrong dictated by royal or civil law. Military and royalty operate under divine right. Is that which controls by force. Sanctions, penalties and punishment (including capital punishment) are used to keep people in line. Is that which controls by influence and implications of benefit or loss based on following the leader. justice with or without courts. Armed agents can be warriors or military or police who monitor and execute. Religions may have a military or police agency. Clergy or shamans who warn or encourage the people under the authority of the gods or spirits and who appear to have some standing above the people. Civil law is the decrees of the primary authority and which may be encoded. Types of political systems and social structures. Tribes and chiefdoms big man or chiefs. Pre-industrial states monarchy royals (slavery)
