{"product_id":"the-imbalance-of-power-marc-brightman-9781789208429","title":"The Imbalance of Power: Leadership, Masculinity and Wealth in the Amazon","description":"\u003cp\u003e 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, \u003cem\u003eThe Imbalance of Power\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003cem\u003eThe Imbalance of Power\u003c\/em\u003e is based on the author's fieldwork in partnership with Vanessa Grotti, who is working on a companion volume entitled \u003cem\u003eLiving with the Enemy: First Contacts and the Making of Christian Bodies in Amazonia\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marc Brightman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1789208424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781789208429\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berghahn Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d","brand":"Marc Brightman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46906937475327,"sku":"9781789208429","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ec40a7b9-be1b-49a5-a9ac-9b4ac11e6b63.jpg?v=1748771825","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-imbalance-of-power-marc-brightman-9781789208429","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}