Lewis Henry Morgans Comparisons Reassessing Terminology Anarchy And Worldview In Indigenous Societies Of America Australia And Highland Middle India Georg Pfeffer by Georg Pfeffer 9781789203189, 178920318X instant download after payment.

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.