File spoon-archives/postcolonial.archive/postcolonial_2002/postcolonial.0209, message 37


Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 16:36:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: Maldoror <insektus-AT-yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: nomadology & border theories


do you know if this work is translated into english? 
if not, can you suggest any works in english on this
subject?

gr3g

--- "ana l. valdés" <agora-AT-algonet.se> wrote:
> Read Pierre Clastres "La societ contre l' Etat", den
> bsta boken om hur
> Guarani indians in Paraguay, a nomadic society,
> denies the notion of state and
> live in small groups to avoid have a centralized
> power structure.
> Ana
> 
> Maldoror wrote:
> 
> > i'm looking for texts that examine how nomadic
> > societies are comprised.
> >
> > questions i have include how is the power
> structure
> > set up? what are the politics of the tribe(s)? how
> are
> > decisions made? are there leaders in the
> traditional
> > authoritarian sense that we see in the
> dicatorships
> > throughout the world or are those who are 'in
> charge'
> > more just guides who posit ideas for the tribe to
> vote
> > on democratically. how do they deal with the
> borders
> > constructed in todays world?
> >
> > i've read delueze and guatarri's 'treatise on
> > nomadology' but am looking for more specific
> examples
> > on nomadic life.
> >
> > i'm also looking for any information on the
> creation
> > of borders and constructive theories on how to
> destroy
> > them, and how to exist in a world after borders.
> >
> > any help is appreciated. thanks in advance.
> >
> > gr3g
> >
> > ====> >
> > 'every government is a dictatorship. every leader,
> a tyrant.'   -anonymous
> >
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