Big Man

Big Man
Big Man 〈[bı̣g mæ̣n] m.; - - od. - -s, - Men [- mə̣n]; saloppbedeutender u. in der Öffentlichkeit populärer Mann [engl., eigtl. „großer Mann“]

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[-'mæn; englisch »großer Mann«] der, - -/- Men, Völkerkunde: Bezeichnung für einen politischen Führer, dessen Stellung auf individueller (wirtschaftlicher, militärischer, magischer u. a.) Leistung beruht und demgemäß schwer übertragbar ist. Big Men sind v. a. in Melanesien nachgewiesen. Sie ermöglichen innerhalb ihrer Lokalgruppe die Anpassung an neue Gegebenheiten, während die Ältesten (der Verwandtschaftsgruppe) die Stabilität der politischen Organisation garantieren.
 
 
J. Stagl: Älteste u. Big Men, in: Ztschr. für Politik, N. F., Jg. 18 (1971).

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