Un pouvoir sans objet ?

Abstract

For the indigenous populations of Angola, the Ngangela, Nyaneka-Nkumbi, Ambo, Cokwe and Ovimbundu, objects of power fall into two broad categories: sticks, clubs, swords, axes and daggers on one side, and on the other, seats. So on the one hand we have the virile power of war and of sanction, and on the other the peaceful power of words, seated arbitration, observation, and even discussion. The power of war and the power of peace, military power and civil power, power of condemnation or of conciliation.As far back as anthropologists can trace, it seems systems of power delegation have existed and, curiously, they finally needed symbolic objects to manifest. Even in residences. In this regard, could we find a place more in line with the idea than the Château de Versailles, still housing the Congress of the French Parliament, official visits with heads of state, the G7, and the signing of treaties? The Château de Versailles talks: it is eloquent, like a monumental object and an insignia of power.