| Lewis Henry Morgan's Comparisons: Reassessing Terminology, Anarchy and Worldview in Indigenous Societies of America, Australia and Highland Middle Ind Contributor(s): Pfeffer, Georg (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 1789203171 ISBN-13: 9781789203172 Publisher: Berghahn Books OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies |
| Dewey: 305.8 |
| LCCN: 2019015097 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6" W x 9" (1.07 lbs) 236 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pfeffer, Georg: - 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. |
