An Introduction to Two Theories of Social Anthropology

Descent Groups and Marriage Alliance

von Robert Parkin

150 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Methodology & History in Anthropology
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie und Anthropologie Soziologie Sozialforschung und -statistik
• ISBN: 9781845451462
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.05.2006
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books