Study On John Glad Hill’s Thought Of Political Anthropology

Nowadays, the economy and society of all countries in the world developcontinuously and the politics turns to be a multipolar trend. Under the background ofglobalization，the interaction and influence of each countries strengthen continuouslyand peace and development have become the theme of the times. However，the worldis not peaceful，local wars and ethnic violence occur sometimes. China is in the periodof social transition and multiple contradictions, the issues of society and politic arequite complex，so the research of political anthropology started relatively late. JohnGledhill as a well-known scholar of political anthropology whose thought is importantto the political anthropology research and political and social problems of China，therefore it is necessary to research his thoughts.The article that researching about John Gledhill can be divided into four parts.The first part introduces the forming background of the political anthropologythoughts of John Gledhill which includes the social background and thoughtbackground. The second part bases on the researching view of John Gledhill’sthoughts which includes the traditional political anthropology and the decolonizedpolitical anthropology. The third part is the main content of the political anthropologythoughts of John Gledhill that includes the political regime classification ofpost-colonial countries, the political democratization of African and Latin Americancountries, the overview of macro events from the micro views, the symbolic practiceof political activities, and the contemporary violence under the background ofglobalization.The last part summarizes the characteristics of the political anthropologythoughts of John Gledhill and provides some revelations to contemporary China.