An introduction to Two theories of Social Anthropology : descent groups and marriage alliance / Louis Dumount
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pt. I. Kinship in the work of Radcliffe-Brown --
A. What is kinship? --
B. The meaning of 'kinship system' --
C. Interpersonal relations and 'structural principles' --
pt. II. The theory of unilineal descent groups --
D. Before The Nuer --
E. Evans-Pritchard : The Nuer --
F. After The Nuer --
pt. III. The theory of marriage alliance --
G. Levi-Strauss : Elementary structures --
H. After Elementary structures.
Louis Dumont, who died in 1998, was one of the most important figures in post-war French anthropology. He is well-known for his early work on India, which culminated in Homo Hierarchicus (1966; in English 1972, 1980), an anthropological account of the caste system. He later extended this work into a comparison of the values of Indian and western society in works like Essays on Individualism (1986) and German ideology: From France to Germany and Back (1994). He is also known for pioneering work on kinship in south India and more generally (for example Affinity as a Value, 1983). The current volume represents the fruits of this side of his activities and originated in as a series of lectures providing an account of the British and French schools for students."--Publisher's website
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