Description
In Introduction to the Science of Kinship, Murray J. Leaf and Dwight Read illustrate how humans organize systems of social ideas through structures of kinship and outline what this implies for the science of human social organization. Leaf and Read explain that every human society has a social organization that is associated with a distinct vocabulary, which correlates with a particular system of interrelated definitions of social roles and relations. These roles and relations have four specific logical properties: reciprocity, transitivity, boundedness, and imaginary spatial dimensionality. These properties allow individuals to use them in communication to create ongoing, agreed-upon, organizations. This book is recommended for scholars of anthropology, sociology, linguistics, and mathematics.
About the Author
Murray J. Leaf is emeritus professor of anthropology and political economy at the University of Texas at Dallas.
Dwight W. Read is professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Book Information
ISBN 9781793632371
Author Murray J. Leaf
Format Hardback
Page Count 336
Imprint Lexington Books
Publisher Lexington Books
Weight(grams) 617g
Dimensions(mm) 241mm * 160mm * 24mm
