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- Society
- aken way to think about society. A building has a structure of walls and floors that divide up space. People ... ceptualize society as being simply a rigid, fixed structure that limits what individuals do. * //But here's ... e specialized elements of a social system is its "structure." Social machines do need a solid frame to hold t... ng there. Using the metaphor of an organism, the "structure" would be the bones and skin. An organism is not
- Personhood
- , and each person occupies a position in a social structure through these statuses. But there's more to it t... e and capable of occupying a position in a social structure? Well, people, right? While it may seem obvious, ... al human individuals occupy positions in a social structure is debatable. Many cultures deem certain kinds of... person is to occupy a unique position in a social structure, and every culture extends the boundaries of that
- Summary of topics and readings @3601:2020
- 6 | Ortner (1984) |\\ | 4 | Mar 19, Mar 20 | The structure of the conjuncture | Sahlins (1981) | Sahlins (19... (1992); Sahlins (1996) |\\ | 5 | Mar 26, Mar 27 | Structure and history | Continue reading Sahlins (1981) | |... 1. //Historical Metaphors and Mythical Realities: Structure in the Early History of the Sandwich Islands King
- Building an argument @the_quest
- itself. It needs an architect to design a strong structure.((I told you this was Greek stuff. This is an ins... ---------- So as you can see, there is a logical structure at work here. You have facts on your topic, and y... Eventually it will all - *ding!* - appear as one structure, and then you will never, ever forget it. I still
- Anthony Giddens
- uration, that is, a circular relationship between structure and agency. For Giddens, the classical paradigm o... 1979. Central Problems in Social Theory: Action, Structure, and Contradiction in Social Analysis. Berkeley,
- Meyer Fortes
- were considered important to an account of social structure and organization, especially kinship and ritual. ... well as the functional requirements of the social structure. Parenthood and the childhood experiences of nurt
- "No man dies without a reason" @1002:2019
- look for how things functioned to maintain social structure, this school called itself **structural-functiona... n, Monica Hunter. 1951. “Witch Beliefs and Social Structure.” American Journal of Sociology 56 (4): 307–13.
- Week 4: The structure of the conjuncture @3601:2020
- ====== Week 4: The structure of the conjuncture ====== Thursday, March 19, 2020, Friday, March 20, 2020 **R... 1. //Historical Metaphors and Mythical Realities: Structure in the Early History of the Sandwich Islands King
- Alliance and descent
- iews turned on different understandings of social structure itself. Fortes argued that descent groups served ... Boston: Beacon Press. Fortes, Meyer. 1953. “The Structure of Unilineal Descent Groups.” American Anthropolo
- Week 5: Structure and history @3601:2020
- ====== Week 5: Structure and history ====== Thursday, March 26, 2020, Friday, March 27, 2020 **Required rea... 1. //Historical Metaphors and Mythical Realities: Structure in the Early History of the Sandwich Islands King
- Some history @2654
- t human nature. * It seems to explain the social structure of small societies. * Ideas about family often r
- Marcel Mauss and the gift @1002:2018
- of their parts. * Societies have boundaries and structure which maintain order. * The main question for an
- Metaphor
- ge Lakoff and Mark Johnson define a metaphor as a structure of thinking in which a concrete idea is mapped on
- Lewis Henry Morgan
- gy grounded in the concepts of culture and social structure, still wanted to reach back and recover Morgan's
- Welcome to ANTH 1002: Anthropology and the Global, 2018 @1002:2018
- anthropology's master concepts: culture, society, structure, personhood, and value to shed light on consumpti
