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Chapter 03: Basic Concepts, Wolfgang Fikentscher
Chapter 03: Basic Concepts, Wolfgang Fikentscher
Wolfgang Fikentscher
Inclusive online updates jan10. Dealing with basic concepts of legal anthropology in Chapter 3, the presently much discussed (and practically important, see Chapter 13 V.1.), a focus is on the issue of ethnicity and cultural identity. Furthermore, Chapter 3 offers a freshly organized presentation of what may be called the issue of civilizational stages, in preparation of Chapter 9 where correlations between organizational, economical, religious and thought-modal traits are discussed. In Chapter 3, definitorial and functional aspects of basic concepts of anthropology are separated. For example, big man society, lineage, ramage, and clan structures are presented as such, and not …
Chapter 08: Kinship Patterns, And Other Anthropological Aspects Of Family And Gender Law, Wolfgang Fikentscher
Chapter 08: Kinship Patterns, And Other Anthropological Aspects Of Family And Gender Law, Wolfgang Fikentscher
Wolfgang Fikentscher
Inclusive online updates jan10. In kinship anthropology, up-to-date economic and demographic reasons for the existing six kin terminology systems are given, and implemented by new insights in cross cousin marriage and fear of incest. The rest of the Chaper is devoted to polygamy and gender issues.