One of the world's most eminent social anthropologists draws upon his many years of study and research in the fi eld of kinship and social organization to review the development of anthropological theory and method from Lewis Henry Morgan (1818-1881) to anthropologists of the 1960s. It is the central argument of this book that the structuralist theory and method developed by British and American anthropologists in the study of kinship and social organization is the direct descendant of Morgan's researches.
One of the world's most eminent social anthropologists draws upon his many years of study and research in the fi eld of kinship and social organizatio...
WhenMen in Groups was first published in l969, the New York Times daily critic titled his review "The Disturbing Rediscovery of the Obvious." What was so obvious was male bonding, a phrase that entered the language. The links between males in groups Tiger describes extend through many other primate species, through our evolution as hunters/gatherers, and cross-culturally. Male bonding characterizes human groups as varied as the Vatican Council, the New York Yankees, the Elks and Masons, and the secret societies of Sierra Leone and Kenya. The power of Tiger's book is its identification of the...
WhenMen in Groups was first published in l969, the New York Times daily critic titled his review "The Disturbing Rediscovery of the Obvious." What was...
Disproportionate attention has long been paid to males in human and other social systems. The basic structures used to explain social behavior in sociological and biological work have overwhelmingly emphasized the significance and shape of male behavior and far less female behavior which is surely at least as important. Stratification, sexual selection, and natural selection of what women do among themselves and how they relate to men was explored in this volume for the first time. It is now available in a paperback edition, with a new introduction by Lionel Tiger.
Disproportionate attention has long been paid to males in human and other social systems. The basic structures used to explain social behavior in soci...
Although his name has become a household word after he published Th e Origin of Species, a one-volume edition of his writings that covers the full gamut of his theoretical as well as scientifi c writings has not been available for many years. Charles Darwin: An Anthology, covers the heart of the fi ve books for which the author is best known. Th is readable volume includes Th e Autobiography, Th e Voyage of the Beagle, Th e Origin of Species, Th e Descent of Man, and Th e Expression of the Emotions.
Although his name has become a household word after he published Th e Origin of Species, a one-volume edition of his writings that covers the full gam...
In the fractious debate on the existence of God and the nature of religion, two distinguished authors radically alter the discussion. Taking a perspective rooted in evolutionary biology with a focus on brain science, the authors elucidate the perennial questions about religion: What is its purpose? How did it arise? What is its source? Why does every known culture have some form of it? Their answer is deceptively simple, yet at the same time highly complex: The brain creates religion and its varied concepts of God, and then in turn feeds on its creation to satisfy innate neurological and...
In the fractious debate on the existence of God and the nature of religion, two distinguished authors radically alter the discussion. Taking a perspec...
