ANTH 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Patrilineality, Ethnocentrism, Unilineality
15 Apr 2017
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Power is the ability to transform a given situation. The ways norms and politics are established. How issues are settled between neighbouring societies (welfare vs diplomacy: forms of basic social organization. Alienation from the various forms of political control" results in resistance. Leadership is decided by choosing the member with the expertise. Has a legal tone in the context of american political authority and indigenous people. People organized beyond the nuclear and extended family units usually on the principle of clans, age grade societies and/or special interest organizations (ex. Warrior"s club), into larger units of mutual political economy than found in band societies; clans or segmentary lineages can come to provide consistent leadership; regardless, communities are usually locally autonomous , leadership usually remains informal based on individual expertise. Note: big man, an example of an extreme form of self-interest. Regional polity where leadership is usually ascribed through the inheritance down a specific line".
