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Early political anthropology emphasized the importance of studying power dynamics, authority, and decision-making processes within communities.
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12.1. Describe anthropology’s understanding of the origins of politics.
Since the late 1800s, anthropologists studying politics and power have focused on small-scale societies in remote locations around the world. In the twentieth century, another specialization, political anthropology, emerged in response to various events. Identify the characteristics of the beginnings of political anthropology.
Characteristic of Early Political Anthropology
Early political anthropologists created a typology to organize different political systems.
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Early political anthropology developed after World War II.
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Early political anthropology placed communities in the larger historical and political context.
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Early political anthropology focused on small-scale, stateless societies in an attempt to understand human political history.
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