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Subject Index
Abrahamic religions, 29, 92, 128
Andrianamboatsimarofy, or Tsima-
see Christianity
rofy, 301–306, 308, 313, 327
see Islam
Andrianampoinimerina, 257–259, 262,
Abudok, 84–86, 96, 100
263, 281, 289, 295, 299, 301–304,
Acamapichtli, 237, 239–242, 245
306–308, 311, 314, 317–319, 322, 323,
acephalous societies, 24, 58
325, 335, 340, 451, 452, 455
adverse sacralization, 8, 403, 404, 406,
animism, 3, 30, 31, 36, 44, 45, 63, 64,
412, 414, 417, 455, 460, 461
357, 368
agency, 36, 54, 87, 162, 186, 370
antagonistic acculturation, 13, 370–372
Alexander Romance, 424
Arab Spring, 1
Alexander the Great or Iskandar
arbitrary power, 8, 77, 123, 384, 419,
D’zul Karnain, 13, 168, 235, 361,
443, 444, 458, 464
366, 420, 461–462
see clowns
alien dominance
see the exploit
see stranger kingship
aristocracy, 5, 7, 12, 14, 15, 151, 154, 159,
ambatch, 94, 96, 106, 110, 111
163, 172, 173, 184, 192–195, 199, 230,
Ambundu, 182–184, 206
231, 233, 241, 243, 245, 366, 381
anarchy, 131, 367, 389
Ashikongo, or Essikongo, 182–184,
ancestry, 5, 6, 9, 154, 160, 183, 207, 230,
201, 210
237, 239, 263, 277, 365, 451
Assurbanipal, 133
ancestor cult, 151, 296, 435, 448,
astrology, 296, 448
454
Augustine, 24, 219, 440
lineage ancestors, 36, 88
authority, 3, 20, 46, 50, 58, 120, 130, 145,
Andriamasinavalona, 252, 257, 258,
147, 148, 150, 151, 161, 163–165, 169,
278, 279, 300, 301, 304, 308, 316,
180, 192, 195, 198, 199, 206–209,
325, 448, 452, 453
216–217, 230, 244, 247, 250, 253–255,
516
ON KINGS
257, 258, 264, 265, 269, 270, 281,
carrying,
287–289, 299, 307, 326, 346, 351,
viz., the Bai, 365
360, 364, 365, 372, 376, 378, 381, 384,
viz. the Malagasy, 251, 274–288,
387–389, 396, 457, 460, 463
311, 333, 338, 360
charismatic authority, 372, 389
viz. the Shilluk, 111–112
chiefly authority, 150–151, 164, 195,
causation, 36, 221
235, 348
Cavazzi de Montecuccolo, Giovanni
coercive authority, 130, 148
Antonio, 155–156, 182, 201–204,
human authority, 56, 64
207–208
institutional authority, 28
charisma, 3, 347, 374, 430
ritual authority, 347, 387
Charlemagne, 404, 440
royal authority, 5, 12, 61–63, 144,
Charles I, 1
173, 194, 218, 231, 234, 251, 254,
chiefs, 3, 13, 16, 20, 23, 27, 60, 235, 237,
264, 355
243, 361, 365, 366, 369, 372–374,
state authority, 81, 88, 108, 317, 318
382, 384, 387, 391, 403, 407, 409,
autochthonous, 5, 6, 14, 27, 45–47, 168,
414–416, 441, 444
170, 171, 174, 180, 185, 187, 192, 193,
Alur chiefs, 347–350
196, 198, 200, 201, 205, 217, 224,
BaKongo chiefs, 140, 141, 145,
227–229, 231, 243, 245, 290, 367,
148, 150–152, 160, 161, 166–169,
368, 399, 406, 407
172, 173, 175–177, 184, 185, 188,
Axial Age, 416, 417, 425, 462
191–193, 195, 196, 198–200, 204,
205, 207, 212, 217, 218, 414
bandit, 75, 83, 103, 129, 260, 292, 308
child-chiefs, 6, 290
Bang reth, 83, 103
see chiefly authority
bany, 83
Shilluk chiefs, 76, 77, 82, 83, 85, 87,
bareth, 86, 87
103, 108, 109, 113, 115, 129
beri, 25
childbirth, 31, 32, 47, 92, 127, 175
biopower, 73
child-rearing, 106, 275, 287
blood, 20, 26, 30, 42, 91, 92, 94, 106,
see nursing
111, 117, 119, 124, 126, 132, 135, 172,
Christianity, 128, 142, 156, 209, 219,
210, 261, 342, 386, 402, 442, 446
256, 316, 324, 329, 338, 401, 416,
menstrual blood, 26
444, 446
Bolsheviks, the, 379
Jesus Christ, 82, 404
breastfeeding, 269
chyme, 126, 127
Brooke, James, 7, 145, 224
circumcision, 268, 277, 289, 294, 296,
Buddhism, 358, 364, 401, 416, 444
311, 333, 334, 336, 448, 452
Theravada Buddhism, 358
clowns, 4, 382–388, 411, 412, 460
clown police ( see policing power)
Cakkavatti kings, 233
4, 397
calpulli, 239, 241–243
in California, 397
cannibalism, 16, 26, 41, 42, 70, 141, 403
in the Northwest coast, 387
Captain Cook, 3, 7, 64, 140, 145, 220,
the Plains, 327, 388, 389, 397, 398
224, 225, 240
CoBrA group, 131
SUBJECT INDEX
517
Codex Chimalpahin, 240
diarchy, 231, 244, 398
Codex Chimalpopoca, 232, 243
divine kingship, or divine political
Codex Ramirez, 238, 241
power, ix, x, 2, 4, 7, 8, 63–65, 67, 71,
Codex Xolotl, 245
72, 81–83, 85, 102, 128, 129, 291, 377,
colonial presence, 2, 7, 136, 193, 220,
380, 390, 398, 400–402, 404–406,
359, 375
413, 417, 456, 458, 460–462
in Kongo, 205, 414
divinity, 3, 8, 26, 30, 45, 58, 89–92, 102,
in Madagascar, 256–257, 284, 296,
118, 119, 122, 124–126, 185, 387, 401,
338, 341, 449
402, 405, 407, 419
in New Zealand, 141
manifestations of, 4, 60, 63, 64,
in Sudan, 68, 78, 86, 89, 101, 103
126
viz. stranger kingship, 145, 159,
Dreamtime, 17, 45, 47, 140, 146, 378,
224
379, 434
communitas, 217, 218
complementary schismogenesis, 13,
ecology, 247
21, 47, 166, 190, 239, 246
Eden, 91, 420, 421, 424, 446, 461
Confucianism, 359, 436
edwar, 91, 92
core-periphery relations, 13–14, 21, 48,
effigy, 68, 94, 96–98, 107, 109–112,
162, 226, 233, 247–248, 345–377
114–117, 120, 123, 127, 135
viz. galactic polities, xi, 9, 13, 21,
Dak’s effigy, 117, 120, 135
162–164, 192, 226–228, 233, 234,
Nyikang’s effigy, 107, 110, 120
236, 248, 354, 358, 370, 374, 375,
royal effigies, 8, 69
425, 463
egalitarian societies, 64
Cortés, Hernando, 7, 145, 223, 225
see the Chewong
cosmic polity, 2, 20, 24, 29, 36, 46, 55,
Epic of Gilgamesh, the, 421
347
see Gilgamesh
cosmopoliteia, 37
evolutionism, 21, 247
Ctesias, 422
exile, 92, 152, 425
Cuatemoc, 440
exploit, the, 29, 152, 155, 156, 171, 203
cult, 64, 67, 89, 200, 210, 219, 296, 326,
see kinship killing
355, 358, 381, 401, 429, 438
see incest
see ancestor cult
cult of Nyikang, 86–88
famadihana, 268, 269, 286, 288, 289,
cult of the Rainbow Serpent, 45
296, 340, 341, 434
cult of the Zanadrano, 257
fanompoana, 256, 265–266, 277,
see fertility cult
280–284, 288–289, 297, 298, 309,
Hagen Great Spirit cults, 55–56
312, 322–323, 334, 339
“twelve sacred mountains” cult,
see royal service
257, 341
fertility, 7, 14, 24, 48, 56, 58, 60, 67, 71,
cultural materialism, 247
143, 145, 158, 159, 165, 168, 175, 176,
cultural relativism, 16, 214
183, 191–193, 224, 227, 244, 267, 289,
347, 350, 396, 404, 407, 423
Devaraja kings, 233
fertility cult of Afek, 47, 51
518
ON KINGS
fetish, 21, 71, 72, 75, 122, 127, 131, 132, 412
see Platonic ideals
firearms, 79, 88, 159
incest, 5, 26, 29, 46, 58, 70, 85, 115, 152,
fratricide, 5, 152, 154, 227
154, 155, 176, 227, 229, 403
functionalism, 21, 247
inequality, 196, 380
see social class
galactic mimesis, 13, 14, 21, 235, 236,
installation rituals, 6–7, 70, 84, 130,
247, 365, 369, 370, 374–376
131, 133, 140, 152, 154, 157, 162, 170,
galactic polities, xi, 9, 13, 21, 162–164,
224, 230
192, 226–228, 233, 234, 236, 248, 354,
BaKongo installation rituals, 134,
358, 370, 374, 375, 425, 463
173, 204, 208–211
galactic regimes, 167, 235, 236, 359
crossing the river, 114, 175–177,
genealogical amnesia, 437
180
Gilgamesh, 133, 421, 423, 424
Shilluk installation rituals, 68, 89,
governance, 1, 3, 73, 87, 265, 266, 280,
94, 107–110, 120, 124, 127, 130–3,
282, 287, 318, 349, 355, 375, 380
140, 171, 175–176
Great Sun, the, 390, 391, 394–397
interregnum, 9, 103, 107, 108, 111,
120–122, 124, 133, 173
haircut (as a ritual), 289, 296, 310
reign of Dak, 124
Hamatsa, 385, 387
year of fear, 107, 108, 120, 121
harem, 114, 125, 261, 417–419
inua, 30, 35–37, 39, 40, 42, 43, 45, 47, 49,
hasina, 19, 52, 266, 267, 297, 300, 310
51, 54, 55, 63
Hesiod, 91, 139
Isis, 446
Hesiodic dependency stories, 91
Islam, 128, 362, 401, 416
Hinduism, 416
ivory trade, 88, 110, 195
history, 17, 140–150, 156, 159, 182–184,
Iskandar D’zul Karnain,
187, 190, 197, 198, 210–216, 218, 219,
see Alexander the Great
221, 260, 299, 399, 431, 436, 438,
442, 446–448, 459,
jago, 103
historical materialism, 57, 232
joking relations, 410, 412
historical reality, 146–148, 184, 186,
Juok, 3, 64, 102, 116–118, 121, 122, 175
187, 211, 213
paradigmatic, 139, 142, 146, 157,
kabaka, 8, 134, 135, 400, 401, 437, 444
198, 219, 221
kabary, 266, 276, 286, 300, 306, 307,
syntagmatic, 142, 146, 219–221
309, 312, 313, 334
Homer, 139
Kamehameha, 142, 373
Huitzilopochtli, 227, 229, 230, 240,
Kaundinya Jayavarman, 363
242–244, 246
Kengulu, 188, 189
hunting, 25, 28, 30–34, 41–42, 50, 54
kidnapping
hunting and gathering societies, 2, 16,
Alur kidnapping, 162, 348
19–20, 342, 459
BaKongo kidnapping, 414
Shilluk kidnapping, 115
ideal
king-killing
physical perfection, 131, 132, 135, 411
see regicide
SUBJECT INDEX
519
king’s two bodies doctrine, the, 69,
master-slave dialectic, 249
442
matriarchy, 87
kinship-killing, 5, 152, 155, 157
means of production, 16, 43, 52, 59,
fratricide, 5, 152, 154, 227
183, 195, 218, 232, 348
patricide, 5, 271
mediumship, 12, 260, 264, 265
kinship, 3, 15, 25, 29, 46, 50, 54, 58, 70,
royal spirits, 97, 269
131, 134, 151, 154–157, 169, 173, 177,
mimicry, 370, 382
182, 196, 206, 217, 218, 227, 232, 239,
missionary accounts, 37, 76, 155, 175,
241, 242, 245, 346, 347, 387, 403, 440
186, 201, 203, 251, 261, 281, 329, 339,
interspecies kinship, 54
390, 447
see kinship-killing
mob, 75, 116
perpetual kinship, 140, 185
Mohammed Kheir, 89
Kisra, 148, 169, 199, 200, 206
Moki, 383, 384
Kuksu, 382, 383
monarchy, 1, 2, 82, 249, 256, 257, 259,
281, 292, 298, 325, 341, 394, 435, 451,
labor, 15, 19, 59, 92, 130, 133, 182, 219,
454, 459
251, 256, 265, 266, 268, 270–276,
monotheism, 128, 137
278–282, 284, 287, 288, 291, 293,
see Abrahamic religions
294, 297, 298, 309–312, 326, 333,
morality, 5, 45, 70, 74, 76, 81, 152, 170,
338, 339, 341, 380, 410, 452
211, 213, 227, 378, 400, 403, 405, 447,
client relations, 15
460
corvée, 15, 309
Muhammad, 148, 390
domestic labor, 273, 275, 311
mummies, 9, 10, 429, 436, 437
emblematic labor, 265, 273, 274,
Egyptian, 72, 81, 133, 376, 427, 428,
278
436, 437, 446
factory work, 273
Peruvian (Inka), 389, 436
paradigmatic labor, 273, 274, 311
murder, 32, 58, 70, 77, 105, 152, 157, 271,
see slavery
322, 402, 427, 442, 457, 458
Lashi, 200
see fratricide
legitimacy, 7, 9, 10, 75, 104, 130, 233,
see patricide
240, 247, 257, 259, 266, 282, 283,
see regicide
294, 362, 378, 459, 463
Mutesa, 74, 78, 135, 444
derived from ancestors, 9–10, 325
mutiny, 278
viz. stranger kingship, 7, 147, 150,
myth, 17, 48, 67, 70, 71, 93, 105, 140, 141,
169–170, 210, 213, 247, 436
144–147, 150, 159, 168, 191, 211–216,
Leiloza, 252–255, 259–265, 280, 282,
290, 309, 337, 338, 349, 380, 423,
291, 292, 298, 308, 309, 325
436
Lono, 3, 64, 140, 146, 220, 224, 225, 240
founding, charter myth, 17, 87,
Louis XVI, Sun King, 1, 20, 394
144, 150, 211, 215
Greek myth ( see Hesiod, Homer),
mana, 19, 52, 57
91, 128, 139
Manco Capac, 431
origin myths, 92–93, 145, 160
massacre, 70, 443
of progress, 11, 436, 446
520
ON KINGS
naaba, 154
Plato, 30
naam, 151, 154
Platonic ideals, 11, 42, 44–45, 411,
Na Kongo, 203–205
461
Namenta, 414, 415
pneuma, 72
Napoleon, 133, 309, 322, 327, 335
policing power, 4, 73, 136, 256, 318, 332,
Narssuk, or Sila, 28, 29, 31, 54, 57
381–388, 397–398, 412, 444, 457–458
nā, 42
see clown police
nation-state, 74, 377, 460, 463
colonial police, 78, 108
nawalak, 19, 52, 60
political economy, 15, 55, 59, 187, 192,
Nero, 438–440
272, 338, 339, 348, 353
ngudi, 157, 180
polygyny, 153, 448
Nkongolo, 157
priests, 7, 16, 185–186, 199, 217, 226, 231,
Nsaku ne Vunda, or Mani Vunda,
241, 412, 416
Mani Cabunga, 173, 201, 202,
earth-priests, 151–152, 172, 192–194,
206–210, 219
197, 199, 201, 399, 413
ntinu, 146, 154–156, 158, 164, 169, 173,
kingmaker-priests, 230
178, 180, 181, 184, 186, 187, 199,
priest-chiefs, 172–175, 198, 200,
201–209
202, 207
Ntinu Wene or Motinu Wene, 146,
priestly class, 401, 417
154–156, 158, 164, 169, 173, 178, 180,
production, 16, 18, 19, 43, 52–54, 59,
181, 184, 186, 187, 199, 201–209
93, 107, 182, 183, 190, 193, 195, 210,
Nuliajuk, or Sedna, 28–30, 32, 34, 35,
217–219, 232, 271–274, 276, 280,
42, 45, 57
286, 348, 354, 359, 367, 427, 428
nursing, 106, 288
viz. Marxism, 21, 247, 401
nutlmatl, 385, 386
purity, 131
Nyikang or Nikawng, Nyikango, 64,
68, 81, 84–89, 92–102, 106, 107,
Quinitzin Map, 245
109–124, 127, 131, 135, 140, 171, 172,