Kinship and the Social Order: The Legacy of Lewis by Fortes, Meyer

Aldine Publishing. Very Good. 0202308022. 1969, bright clean copy, no markings, with chipped and wear to dustjacket, Professional booksellers since 1981 . 1969. Hardcover.

Paperback / softback. New. One of the world's most eminent social anthropologists draws upon his many years of study and research in the field of kinship and social organization to review the development of anthropological theory and method from Lewis Henry Morgan (1818-1881) to anthropologists of the 1960s. It is the central argument of this book that the structuralist theory and method developed by British and American anthropologists in the study of kinship and social organization is the direct descendant of Morgan's researches. The volume starts with a re-examination of Morgan's work. Professor Fortes demonstrates how a tradition of misinterpretation has disguised the true import of Morgan's discoveries. He follows with a detailed analysis of the work of Rivers and Radcliffe-Brown and the generation of anthropologists inspired by them. The author states his own point of view as it has developed in the framework of modern structuralist theory, with ethnographic examples examined in… Read More

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Aldine De Gruyter, 2005. Paperback. New. 347 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches.