Ritual power; The installation of a king in Banten, West Java, in 1691
- Title
- Ritual power; The installation of a king in Banten, West Java, in 1691
- Type
- Article
- Creator
- Talens, Johan
- Date
- 01 Jan 1993
- Description
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This article deals with the ritual installation of Zain al-Abedin as king
(sultan) of Banten in 1691. Various observers of royal rituals have noted
that there is a special relationship between the pomp displayed in such
rituals and the exercise of power. The nature of this relationship has
prompted a questioning of traditional concepts of power, especially those
whereby power is seen exclusively in terms of force or violence. David
Cannadine (1987:17, 19), for example, asserts that ritual is a type of power
in ilself, but, at the same time, admits that it is hard to determine what sort
of power this precisely is. - Format
- Pages 333–355
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Brill
- Rights Holder
- Brill
- Subject
- Social Sciences
- Asian Studies
- Is Part Of
- Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia
- Bibliographic Citation
- Talens, J. (1993). Ritual power; The installation of a king in Banten, West Java, in 1691. Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia, 149(2), 333-355. https://doi.org/10.1163/22134379-90003130