The character of kingship /

"Developed from discussions held during a conference on kingship in St. Andrews, Scotland in January 2002"--Acknowledgements.Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : The character of kingship / Declan Quigley -- Forms of sacralized power in Africa / Luc de Heusch -- Sacred king, sacrificial victim, surrogate victim or Frazer, Hocart, Girard / Lucien Scubla -- A reply to Lucien Scubla / Luc de Heusch -- Tragedy, ritual, and power in Nilotic regicide : the regicidal dramas of the eastern Nilotes of Sudan in comparative perspective / Simon Simonse -- The transgressive nature of kingship in caste organization : monstrous royal doubles in Nepal / Marie Lecomte-Tilouine -- Kingship and untouchability / Declan Quigley -- Kingship and caste in Africa : history, diffusion, and evolution / Tal Tamari -- King house : the mobile polity in northern Ghana / Susan Drucker-Brown -- Kings and tribes in east India : the internal political dimension / Burkhard Schnepel -- Japanese monarchy in historical and comparative perspective / Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney -- Chiefs and kings in Polynesia / Henri J. M. Claessen