Filiation and Affilliation

Filiation and Affiliation focuses on how group constitution conditions other features of social relations within and between groups, especially the intersecting potentials for group solidarity and intergroup conflict. It is a contribution to studies of kinship and descent.

List of contents

Introduction -- General Considerations -- Kinship and Descent -- Descent Groups -- Jural Structures I -- Jural Structures II -- Specific Instances -- Patrifiliation Necessary and Sufficient -- Patrifiliation Necessary but Not Sufficient -- Patrifiliation Sufficient but Not Necessary I -- Patrifiliation Sufficient but Not Necessary II -- Joint-Family Systems -- Cognatic Descent Groups?

About the author

Harold W Scheffler

Summary

Filiation and Affiliation focuses on how group constitution conditions other features of social relations within and between groups, especially the intersecting potentials for group solidarity and intergroup conflict. It is a contribution to studies of kinship and descent.

Product details

• Authors: H.w. Scheffler, Harold Scheffler, Harold W Scheffler, Harold W. Scheffler, Howard W. Scheffler
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.11.2000
• EAN: 9780813337616
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-3761-6
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology