ANTH 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Eric Wolf, Max Gluckman, Exogamy
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Anthropology 2 lecture 3 october 26. The closed corporate community : eric wolf: no internal essence , relational, historical, community forms in relation to state. Gluckman the peace in the feud: the neur, ecology/livelihoods, segmentation: based in kinship. Based on family relationships: vengeance groups are male kin. Ongoing feuds are created: feuding people live together. Peace is not in the absence of conflict, but rather the organization of conflict. They create peace by managing the feud. Access for all to material resources (kinship) Taking extra and giving access to others: stratified societies (3) Some people just have more than others. Marked by formal governments: example: gluckman the frailty in authority. A conflict between the ideals of leadership and the weakness of the leader . Rebellions seek to raise princes to kingship: They do not attempt to alter the structure of offices itself. They attack the king by turning to their representatives. Rebellions reinforce political organization: people are questioned.