An introduction to two theories of social anthropology
Subtitle: descent groups and marriage alliance / Louis Dumont ; edited and translated by Robert Parkin.
Contributors: Parkin, Robert, 1950-
Series: Methodology & history in anthropology ;; v. 12; Methodology and history in anthropology ;; v. 12
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 110
Subjects: Kinship -- Philosophy.; Unilineal descent (Kinship); Cross-cousin marriage.; Nuer (African people) -- Kinship.
Description: "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."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Translation of: Introduction à deux théories d'anthropologie sociale.