search for books and compare prices
Tables of Contents for Time, Space, and the Unknown
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of illustrations
x
 
Preface
xii
 
Note on orthography
xv
 
1 Introduction
1
12
PART I The boundaries of time, space, and certainty
13
132
2 The age system, and the social construction of time and experience
15
28
The two arenas and the gerontocratic premise
15
3
The manyata system and the integrity of moranhood
18
5
Jostling on the age grade ladder
23
6
Homo Ascendens and Homo Hierarchicus
29
3
The integrity of elderhood and the avoidance of daughters
32
3
The ascent of women from pawns to custodians
35
2
Conclusion: the process of ageing and the social construction of time
37
6
3 Power and the social construction of space
43
24
The ordering of domestic space and the flux of gender relations
43
7
Moranhood and the hazards of the bush
50
5
Tribal sections and the boundaries of trust
55
3
The ritualization of behaviour and the uncertain unity of all Maasai
58
4
Wakuafi or Iloikop?
62
1
Conclusion: performance and the arena of space
63
4
4 Providence and the cosmology of misfortune
67
31
Mystical forces and the propitious role of ritual
68
3
Prayer, sacrifice, and the cosmic manifestations of God
71
4
Transgressions of the moral order and the power of the curse
75
2
The limits of reasonableness
77
1
The experience of misfortune in childhood
78
3
Diverging models of accountability among the Samburu and Maasai
81
2
The ambivalence of ritual knowledge among the Samburu and Maasai
83
2
Guardian spirits and the Samburu
85
3
Castigation, abandonment, and parental images of God
88
3
Conclusion: the benign God and the spectre of misfortune
91
7
5 The Loonkidongi diviners and Prophets
98
26
The practice of divination
98
4
The reputation of the Loonkidongi
102
2
Marriage and the two communities
104
2
The Prophet and his domain
106
6
Variation in Loonkidongi influence
112
3
Loonkidongi succession as the arena of a contemporary myth
115
4
Conclusion: the Prophet, his possessions, and the legitimacy of sorcery
119
5
6 Loonkidongi oracles and cyclical reckoning among the Maasai
124
21
The oracular number cycle
126
8
Maasai time cycles
134
8
Conclusion: simulating the pattern of affliction
142
3
PART II Diverging models in space and variation over time
145
127
7 The Purko Maasai in 1977: a northern model
147
33
The role of boys in inaugurating a new age-set
147
3
The segregation of the manyata from the domestic domain
150
6
Eunoto
156
5
The transition to elderhood and relations through food
161
8
Queuing and the sequence of ritual precedence among kin
169
6
Conclusion: the characteristics of the northern model
175
5
8 The Kisonko Maasai of Loitokitok in 1917: a southern model
180
25
Moranhood and manyata organization in Loitokitok
181
5
The change-over as a critical event
186
2
The transition to elderhood
188
2
The rivalry between firestisk alliances in elderhood
190
4
The alternation of power and the involvement of the Prophet
194
3
Conclusion: the northern and southern models of constraint
197
8
9 A pre-colonial model and the hub of power
205
29
The colonial intervention by British and German administrations
205
1
Merker's model of moranhood around 1900
206
5
Merker's model of elderhood around 1900
211
1
A critique of Merker's model of moranhood
212
4
The Prophet and the dynamics of power
216
2
Conclusion: colonial intervention and the transformation of the age system
218
6
Appendix: loose ends in Maasai history
224
10
10 Alternative models of social control among the Arusha Maasai
234
14
The classification of disputes among the Arusha
235
3
Confrontation and dispute referral
238
4
The competition for scarce resources and the integrity of age systems
242
2
Conclusion: self-interest and social control
244
4
11 Conclusion: the interplay of power and providence, and the theory of dilemmas
248
24
Transactional approaches and the shifting saddle point
248
2
Asymmetrical competition and the Cat-and-Mouse dilemma
250
4
Confrontation and the Hobbesian dilemma
254
3
Confidence and the dilemmas of altruism
257
5
The interplay of dilemmas
262
2
The Pareto cycle and the spiral of ageing
264
3
Conclusion: Providence and the dynamics of the Maasai age system
267
5
References
272
7
Subject index
279
7
Name index
286