An Introduction to Two Theories of Social Anthropology: Descent Groups and Marriage Alliance
Louis Dumont, Robert Parkin
"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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Année:
2006
Editeur::
Berghahn Books
Langue:
english
ISBN 10:
1845451473
ISBN 13:
9781845451479
Collection:
Methodology and history in anthropology, 12
Fichier:
PDF, 15.37 MB
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english, 2006