The Terms of Order: Political Science and the Myth of Leadership

by Cedric J. Robinson

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Do we live in basically orderly societies that occasionally erupt into violent conflict, or do we fail to perceive the constancy of violence and disorder in our societies? In this classic book, originally published in 1980, Cedric J. Robinson contends that our perception of political order is an illusion, maintained in part by Western political and social theorists who depend on the idea of leadership as a basis for describing and prescribing social...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:146962821X

ISBN13:9781469628219

Release Date:April 2016

Publisher:University of North Carolina Press

Length:310 Pages

Weight:1.09 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.9" x 9.1"

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Political Science Politics & Social Sciences

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