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Title: | Egalitarianism and ranking in the Malay world | Authors: | Benjamin, Geoffrey | Keywords: | DRNTU::Humanities::History::Asia::Malaysia | Issue Date: | 2009 | Source: | Benjamin, G. (2009). Egalitarianism and ranking in the Malay World. Meeting of the American Association for Asian Studies. | Conference: | Meeting of the American Association for Asian Studies (2009 : Chicago, USA) | Abstract: | Egalitarianism and ranking in the Malay World both derive in large measure from the emergence of certain structural features – relative-age, unifiliative bias, preferential marriage patterns, and so on – all serving to maintain mutually distinctive societal regimes (the Semang, Senoi and Malayic) within the broader regional framework. These emerged mostly indigenously through a series of deliberate mutual adjustments, both assimilatory and dissimilatory, between populations that were each seeking complementary advantages vis-à-vis each other. The paper discusses the mechanisms by which the distinctive societal regimes of the Malay World – variously, segmentary ('tribal') or centralised ('state'), and egalitarian, ranked or stratified – were institutionalised. Special attention is paid to the emergence of ranking, and ultimately the state, within the Malayic tradition. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94082 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7197 |
Schools: | School of Humanities and Social Sciences | Rights: | © 2009 Meeting of the American Association for Asian Studies. | Fulltext Permission: | none | Fulltext Availability: | No Fulltext |
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