ISBN:
9781789203189
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (236 p.)
DDC:
305.8
Abstract:
About 150 years ago Lewis Henry Morgan compared relationship terminologies, societal forms and ideas of property to recognize the interdependence of the three domains. From a new perspective, the book re-examines, confirms and criticizes Morgan's findings to conclude that reciprocal affinal relations determine most 'classificatory' terminologies and regulate many non-state societies, their property notions and their rituals. Apart from references to American and Australian features, such holistic socio-cultural constructs are exemplified by elaborate descriptions of little known contemporary Indigenous societies in Highland Middle India, altogether comprising many millions of members.
DOI:
10.1515/9781789203189
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781789203189?locatt=mode:legacy
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781789203189
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