Author: Parkin, Robert.
Title: An Introduction to Two Theories of Social Anthropology: Descent Groups and Marriage Alliance.
Description: New York : Berghahn Books, 2006. Hardcover. 148 pp. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : as new. - 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. ISBN 9781845451462.

Keywords: SOCIOLOGY, Kinship