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Political anthropology

a type of society, defined by Godelier, in which leadership rests on initiation, warfare and ritual rank rather than on the wealth exchange that marks big-man systems.

In political anthropology, great-man society refers to a type of society, defined by Godelier, in which leadership rests on initiation, warfare and ritual rank rather than on the wealth exchange that marks big-man systems. This meaning comes from Godelier (1982) in The making of great men.[1]

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Godelier, M. (1982). The making of great men. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9788476001103

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