F Nadel

Biographic Data

ID7527
NAMEF Nadel
GIVEN NAMESF
FAMILY NAMENadel
SIGNATURENADEL F
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS25
TOTAL CITATIONS418
AUTHOR COUNT25
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1935
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
H-INDEX8

  • The Foundations of Social Anthropology

    F Nadel, Stan Nadel et al.BOOKFoundations of Social Anthropology2013Cited by: 73

    Focussing on the methodology of social anthropology this book covers the following: · The aims of social anthropology · Observation and description · Psychology in observation · The material of observation · Institutions · Groupings · Explanation · Experimental anthropology · Psychological explanations · Function and pattern. Originally published in 1951

  • The Theory of Social Structure: An Analysis of Social Systems

    F Nadel, Stan Nadel et al.BOOKTheory of Social Structure2013Cited by: 142

    S.F. Nadel's "The Theory of Social Structure" is a seminal work in social anthropology that explores the complex interplay of roles, relationships, and groups within societies. Nadel argues against a simplistic view of social structure as a static framework, emphasizing instead its dynamic and processual nature. He introduces the concept of "role" as a fundamental unit of analysis, examining how individuals occupy multiple roles and how these rol…

  • Magic Thinking

    F Nadel, Stan Nadel et al.ARTICLECanberra Anthropology1977

    Derek Freeman, When S.F. Nadel3 who was the Foundation Professor of Anthropology in the Research School of Pacific Studies at the Australian ‘National University, was on study leave in England in 1955, he recorded two talks for the BBC entitled ‘Magic Thinking’. The texts of these talks were deposited in the Department of Anthropology following Professor Nadel's death in 1956. To the best of our knowledge they have never previously been published…

  • The Theory of Social Structure

    Joseph H Fichter, F Nadel et al.ARTICLEThe American Catholic Sociological…1957Cited by: 26

  • Reason and Unreason in African Law

    Open AccessF Nadel, Stan Nadel et al.ARTICLEAfrica1956Cited by: 6References: 1

    Opening ParagraphIn this essay I propose to discuss three recent studies of African legal systems-Anderson's survey of Mohammedan law in British African territories, Gluckman's book on the Barotse (or Lozi, to mention the tribe mainly considered), and Howell's book on Nuer law. To begin with, this seemed merely a convenient way of combining three reviews; nor did the three books seem to have very much more in common than the date of their publica…

  • Two Nuba Religions: An Essay in Comparison

    Open AccessF Nadel, Stan Nadel et al.ARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1955Cited by: 6References: 3

  • Morality and Language Among the Nupe

    F Nadel, Stan Nadel et al.ARTICLEMan1954Cited by: 3

  • Social Control and Self-regulation

    F Nadel, Stan Nadel et al.ARTICLESocial Forces1953Cited by: 12

    Journal Article Social Control and Self-regulation Get access S. F. Nadel S. F. Nadel Australian National University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Forces, Volume 31, Issue 3, March 1953, Pages 265–273, https://doi.org/10.2307/2574226 Published: 01 March 1953

  • Witchcraft in Four African Societies: An Essay in Comparison

    Open AccessF Nadel, Stan Nadel et al.ARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1952Cited by: 59References: 2

  • Other: Male and Female: A Study of the Sexes in a Changing World

    Open AccessF Nadel, Stan Nadel et al.ARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1950Cited by: 1

  • The Gani Ritual of Nupe: A Study in Social Symbiosis

    Open AccessF Nadel, Stan Nadel et al.ARTICLEAfrica1949Cited by: 8

    Opening ParagraphThe gani ceremonial, which I propose to discuss in this paper, is not Nupe by origin but was introduced by a small group of immigrants from Bornu, Mohammedans by religion, who, between 1760 and 1770, settled in Nupe country in and around the village of Kutigi. They still call themselves, after their country of origin, Benú-the Nupe version of the name for Bornu, but are in every other respect completely Nupeized. The historical f…

  • The Nuba

    F Nadel, Stan Nadel et al.ARTICLEGeographical Journal1948Cited by: 3

  • The Nuba: An Anthropological Study of the Hill Tribes of Kordofan

    M G, Carla Gonçalves Machado et al.ARTICLEGeographical Journal1948Cited by: 16

  • A Study of Shamanism in the Nuba Mountains

    F Nadel, Stan Nadel et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of the Royal…1946Cited by: 9

  • Land Tenure on the Eritrean Plateau

    Open AccessF Nadel, Stan Nadel et al.ARTICLEAfrica1946Cited by: 31

    Opening ParagraphDoubtful land titles are established or contested through recognized legal channels. Traditionally, the jurisdiction in land disputes is vested in judges (danya) who are the chiefs of the community in whose territory the land is situated. This rule applies also to land litigation between full members of the community and the strangers and guest-groups which may hold land (by lease or other titles) in the area. We note that in suc…

  • A Black Byzantium; the Kingdom of Nupe in Nigeria

    Richard A Waterman, F NadelREVIEWAmerican Sociological Review1944

    Originally published in 1942 this now classic book is a study of the Nupe of Northern Nigeria. The economic and political complexity of their kingdom evoked comparisons with the civilization of Byzantium. The detailed description and analysis of their social life and political institutions was the first study of a Muslim Emirate in Nigeria and as such is still an indispensable work

  • Glass-Making in Nupe

    F Nadel, Stan Nadel et al.ARTICLEMan1940Cited by: 3

  • Social Symbiosis and Tribal Organization

    F Nadel, Stan Nadel et al.ARTICLEMan1938Cited by: 2

  • Gunnu, a Fertility Cult of the Nupe in Northern Nigeria

    F Nadel, Stan Nadel et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of the Royal…1937

  • Social Symbiosis and Tribal Organization

    F Nadel, Stan Nadel et al.ARTICLEMan1937Cited by: 3

  • Experiments on Culture Psychology

    Open AccessF Nadel, Stan Nadel et al.ARTICLEAfrica1937Cited by: 6

    Opening ParagraphThe claim of psychology to a share in the study of culture and society is by no means firmly established. Indeed, a certain school of modern sociology and anthropology would cleanse the study of society from all psychological assumptions and interpretations and would deal with cultural and social phenomena as phenomena entirely in their own right. As this article is to describe an attempt to include psychology in anthropological …

  • The King's Hangmen: A Judicial Organization in Central Nigeria

    F Nadel, Stan Nadel et al.ARTICLEMan1935Cited by: 1

  • Witchcraft and Anti-Witchcraft in Nupe Society

    Open AccessF Nadel, Stan Nadel et al.ARTICLEAfrica1935Cited by: 5

    Opening ParagraphMy investigations into witchcraft among the Nupe were carried out under extremely adverse conditions. In February 1932 Bida, the capital of Nupe Emirate, had seen an outbreak of witchcraft which threw the whole country into a state of gravest unrest. Three women, an alleged witch with her daughter and granddaughter, were stoned to death by the enraged people of Bida when they tried to obtain justice against their accusers. The ho…

  • Nupe State and Community

    Open AccessF Nadel, Stan Nadel et al.ARTICLEAfrica1935Cited by: 3

    Opening ParagraphIn central Nigeria, between 8° 30' and 10° 30' N. lat., lies Nupe-land. Two rivers form its boundaries, the Niger to the south and west, the Kontagora river to the north. Another river marks its central axis: the Kaduna. The boundary to the east is formed by the gradually rising land, which eventually reaches the hills of Gwari country. It is a low, open, fertile country, covering roughly 7,000 sq. m., inhabited by a population w…

  • Gunnu,' a Fertility Cult of the Nupe in Northern Nigeria

    F Nadel, Stan Nadel et al.ARTICLEMan1935