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| ### Meyer Fortes and the axiom of amity ### | ### Meyer Fortes and the axiom of amity ### | ||
| - | 1. Two types of social relationships: | + | - Two types of social relationships: |
| - Amity consists of prescriptive altruism | - Amity consists of prescriptive altruism | ||
| - Strangerhood means people can be individually self-interested. | - Strangerhood means people can be individually self-interested. | ||
| - | 2. A return to Henry Maine' | + | - A return to Henry Maine' |
| - | - Except without the evolutionary thinking. | + | - Except without the evolutionary thinking. |
| - It starts with the ' | - It starts with the ' | ||
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| ### The segmentary type of society ### | ### The segmentary type of society ### | ||
| - | 1. What creates order? What is the law? The principle of unilineal descent from a single ancestor | + | - What creates order? What is the law? The principle of unilineal descent from a single ancestor |
| * Creates exclusive groups | * Creates exclusive groups | ||
| * Subdivides all people in society into groups | * Subdivides all people in society into groups | ||
| * Sets limits on who is in society and who is out | * Sets limits on who is in society and who is out | ||
| - | 2. Example: Auhelawa. Matrilineal groups | + | - Example: Auhelawa. Matrilineal groups |
| * Landowning | * Landowning | ||
| * Marriage | * Marriage | ||
| * Villages | * Villages | ||
| - | 3. Unilineal descent groups (UDGs) are corporations | + | - Unilineal descent groups (UDGs) are corporations |
| * Members come together to cooperate for a common purpose. | * Members come together to cooperate for a common purpose. | ||
| * The common purpose is more important than self-interest. | * The common purpose is more important than self-interest. | ||
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| ### There are two holes in this theory ### | ### There are two holes in this theory ### | ||
| - | 1. Segment = UDG | + | * Segment = UDG |
| - | 2. Filiation is conflated with descent. | + | |
| - | 3. Example: Ghost marriage | + | |
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