The Mother's Brother as Patron
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3136381 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jean S La Fontaine (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 76-92 |
| Publication date | 1975-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-9756 • E-ISSN: 1474-0583 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003975600003039 |
| OpenAlex | W2001704641 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
In this paper I am concerned with the lack of consistency in the criteria embodied in the concepts used to identify social relations. There are two main elements: what we can call the indigenous ideology and the observer's characterisation. In the former case we are dealing with role definition, more or less formalised in different cases and with cultural norms which define the scope of a relationship; in the latter, regularities of observed behaviour and their politico-economic significance are the basis for classification. Examples of concepts based on the former are relations of kinship; of the latter, pairs of terms like leader and follower, patron and client. It is to the last of these that this paper is devoted, for it is precisely in those areas where the ideas of the actors are given least weight in our analysis that our ethnocentric perceptions cause analytical confusion
Confusion · Consistency (knowledge bases) · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Ethnocentrism · Ideology · Indigenous · Kinship · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Computer Science · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,02 |
| Citation span | 1980 - 1980 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |