Lewis Henry Morgan's comparisons : reassessing terminology, anarchy and worldview in indigenous societies of America, Australia and highland middle India / Georg Pfeffer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pfeffer, Georg, 1943- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Morgan, Lewis Henry, 1818-1881.

Morgan, Lewis Henry.

Kinship--Terminology.

Kinship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn, [2019]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures and Tables

Acknowledgements

Introduction. The Initiative

Chapter 1. The Life and Work of Lewis Henry Morgan (1818–81)

Chapter 2. Tools and Types

Chapter 3. Seneca Revisited

Chapter 4. Omaha Skewing Reconsidered

Chapter 5. Highland Middle Indian Terminologies

Chapter 6. Schneider, Relatedness, ‘Malayan’ and a 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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-80758-748-7

1-78920-318-X

OCLC:

1347247487