ANTHR101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Original Affluent Society

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHR101
• Professor: Megan Highet

Document Summary

Categories of social organizaion allow us to observe and explain similariies and diferences cross-culturally. Because culture is integrated, this permits inferences about other aspects of life o o o. Inequality is the result when groups and individuals have diferenial access to: As may posiions of presige available as there are persons capable of fulilling them. Equal access to resources and power, but diferences in presige. Chiefs enjoy elevated presige but accumulate resources for redistribuion, rather than personal wealth. Chiefs lack the power to command obedience or demand gits. Status may be either achieved or ascribed at birth. Aluence may be achieved by producing an excess or desiring litle.