Humans are intrinsically social beings (part 1)

Humans are intrinsically social beings (part 1)

Jadran Mimica

ANTH 1001: Introduction to anthropology

Monday, April 6, 2020 (Week 7)

Available at http://anthro.rschram.org/1001/2020/3.1.1

Required readings

Francoise Zonabend “An Anthropological Perspective on Kinship and the Family,” in A History of the Family, Volume 1: Distant Worlds, Ancient Worlds, ed. André Burguière et al., trans. Sarah Hanbury Tenison, Rosemary Morris, and Andrew Wilson (Cambridge, U.K.: Polity Press, 1996), 8–68 For this week, focus on pp. 8–25, skim pp. 25–39.

Supplemental readings

Marshall D. Sahlins “The Origin of Society,” Scientific American 203, no. 3 (1960): 76–87, https://www.jstor.org/stable/24940616.

Jadran’s lecture notes will be posted on Canvas

Notes and other material for Jadran’s lectures will be in this week’s topic page on the class Canvas site.

References

Sahlins, Marshall D. “The Origin of Society.” Scientific American 203, no. 3 (1960): 76–87. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24940616.

Zonabend, Francoise. “An Anthropological Perspective on Kinship and the Family.” In A History of the Family, Volume 1: Distant Worlds, Ancient Worlds, edited by André Burguière, Christiane Klapisch-Zuber, Martine Segalen, and Francoise Zonabend, translated by Sarah Hanbury Tenison, Rosemary Morris, and Andrew Wilson, 8–68. Cambridge, U.K.: Polity Press, 1996.

A guide to the unit