Meyer Fortes
The Person, the Role, the Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5078048 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adam Kuper (Boston University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-7674 • E-ISSN: 2047-7716 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/ca.2016.340209 |
| OpenAlex | W2534568161 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 32 |
In the two decades after the Second World War, Meyer Fortes was a central figure in what was then called 'British social anthropology'. Sometimes dismissed as simply a follower of Radcliffe-Brown, Fortes' theoretical influences in fact ranged from Freud to Parsons. He formulated a distinctive theoretical synthesis, and produced the most influential version of 'descent theory'. Fortes is currently out of fashion, but four decades after his retirement from the Cambridge chair a revaluation is in order
Descent (aeronautics · Economics · Epistemology · Geography · Order (exchange · Sociology · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture · History · Philosophy
Kinship and the Social Order.
Religion, Morality and the Person
Man and Culture
The developmental cycle in domestic groups
Kinship and marriage among the Nuer
The Web of Kinship among the Tallensi
Pietas in Ancestor Worship
Rethinking Anthropology
Pietas in Ancestor Worship
The Dynamics of Clanship Among the Tallensi
Three Styles in the Study of Kinship
Descent, Filiation and Affinity
Descent, Filiation and Affinity
Radcliffe-Brown's Contributions to the Study of Social Organization
The Structural Implications of Matrilateral Cross-Cousin Marriage
The Kinship System of the Tallensi
Religion, Morality and the Person
Psychosis and Social Change among the Tallensi of Northern Ghana
The Expansive Moment
Culture
Aspects of Bridewealth and Marriage Stability Among the Kachin and Lakher
The Significance of Descent in Tale Social Structure
Culture Contact as a Dynamic Process an Investigation in the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast
The Structure of Unilineal Descent Groups1
Glimpses of the Unmentionable in the History of British Social Anthropology
Lineage Theory
An Anthropologist's Apprenticeship
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |