Reinvention of Primitive Society Transformations of a Myth

Name: Reinvention of Primitive Society Transformations of a Myth
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ISBN: 9780415357616

ISBN-10: 0415357616

ISBN-13: 9780415357616

Edition: 2nd 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Adam Kuper

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This volume should prove useful reading for those who are interested in anthropological theory and current post-colonial debates, or simply curious about the ways in which we systematically misunderstand other peoples.

Book details

List price: $51.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 8/9/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.30" wide x 8.62" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Adam Kuper is a Fellow of the British Academy.



List of figures and tables


Preface



The idea of primitive society



The myth of primitive society



Barbarian, savage, primitive



Ancient law, ancient society and totemism



Henry Maine's patriarchal theory



Lewis Henry Morgan and Ancient Society



The question of totemism



Evolution and diffusion: Boas, Rivers and Radcliffe-Brown



The Boasians and the critique of evolutionism



From Rivers to Radcliffe-Brown



Descent and alliance



Descent theory: a phoenix from the ashes



Towards the intellect: alliance theory and totemism



Back to the beginning



The return of the native



Conclusion


Notes


References