THE AUTHORITY OF ANCESTORS: A SOCIOLOGICAL RECONSIDERATION OF FORTES'S TALLENSI IN RESPONSE TO FORTE'S CRITICS

Craig Jackson CALHOUN

MA Thesis, University of Manchester, 1975


CONTENTS: AN OVERVIEW

Preface

Figures

Chapter 1: Theme and Argument

Chapter 2: The Corporate Structure of Tale Society

Chapter 3: The Principle of Agnatic Descent

Chapter 4: Interpersonal Relations

Chapter 5: Context and Identity

Chapter 6: Individuality and Society

Chapter 7: Rationality and Planning

Chapter 8: A Multivariate Model of Social Order

Chapter 9: The Authority of Ancestors

Conclusions: Basic Contradictions

Bibliography




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