Lewis Henry Morgan's Comparisons

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.

Autorentext
Georg Pfeffer was Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the Free University of Berlin from 1985 to 2008. He participated in two long-term Orissa Research Projects of the German Research Foundation (DFG) to conduct extended ethnographic fieldwork in several indigenous societies of the Indian provinces Odisha and Jharkhand. He was also part of the group which founded the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) in 1989.

Klappentext
About 150 years ago L. H. Morgan compared relationship terminologies, societal forms, and ideas of property to recognize the interdependence of the three domains. From a new perspective, the book will re-examine, confirm and criticize, 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 will be exemplified by elaborate descriptions of little-known contemporary indigenous societies in highland Middle India, altogether comprising many millions of members.

Inhalt
List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. Life and Work of Lewis Henry Morgan (18181881)
Chapter 2. Tools and Types
Chapter 3. Seneca Revisited
Chapter 4. Omaha Skewing Reconsidered
Chapter 5. Highland Middle Indian (HMI) Terminologies
Chapter 6. Schneider, Relatedness, Malayan, and General Comparison
Chapter 7. Social Evolution and the Australian Anomaly
Chapter 8. Order in Anarchy: HMI Gentile Organization Compared
Chapter 9. Bridewealth and Gender in Highland Middle India
Chapter 10. The Dark Side of the Moon Conclusion: For the Record Glossary
References
Index

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