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Loma political culture: a phenomenology of structural form

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2011

Christian K. Højbjerg
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La culture politique de haute Guinée est souvent décrite comme un système de souveraineté duale qui s'exprime dans un idiome de parenté bilatérale. Cet article tente de déterminer si ce modèle s'applique à la société Loma, culture prototypique de haute Guinée. Le résultat est largement négatif. Des données empiriques suggèrent une répartition plus complexe des pouvoirs politiques et religieux, et l'analyse de la corrélation entre la structure rituelle et sociale de la société Loma indique la nécessité de revoir la conceptualisation actuelle de la culture politique de haute Guinée. En conséquence, bien que l'alliance matrilatérale soit en effet au cœur de l'organisation sociale, politique et religieuse de la société Loma, il existe d'importantes limitations de son potentiel cognitif, concernant notamment les associations influentes soi-disant secrètes.

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Past paradigms, present data
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Africa , Volume 69 , Issue 4 , October 1999 , pp. 535 - 554
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Copyright © International African Institute 1999

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