Essays on Social Organisation and Values
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anthropological perspectives on decision making
Anthropologists
Ariki Fangarere
Ariki Kafika
Ariki Tafua
Ariki Taumako
Author_Raymond Firth
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cultural values research
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ethnographic analysis
Held
Kafika Clan
Kaia
kinship systems
moral change studies
Mother's Brother
Mother’s Brother
Mysticism
Pa Fenuatara
Pa Rangifuri
Pa Taitai
Pa Teva
Pa Veterei
Polynesian island
religious belief systems
Royal Anthropological Institute
Rulman Merswin
scientific progress impact
Sibling Unity
Social Organization
Social process
Social Structure
Solomon Islands
Spirit Medium
Tama Tapu
Tau Ma
Tikopia Chief
Tikopia Society
Young Man
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- ISBN 9781859738948
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jan 1969
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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In this volume Professor Firth has brought together and commented upon a number of his papers on anthropological subjects published over the last thirty years. All these essays relate in different ways to his continuing interest in the study of social process, especially in the significance within a social context of individual choice and decision. Although some specialist studies are included, e.g. the group of papers dealing with the Polynesian island of Tikopia, the main themes of the book are broad ones and there are important general essays on such topics as social change; social structure and organization; modern society in relation to scientific and technological progress; and the study of values, mysticism, and religion by anthropologists. There is also a hitherto unpublished chapter on anthropology as a developing science.
The author is Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science and a fellow of the British Academy.
