ANTH 1150 Lecture 9: Week 9 Politics.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1150
• Professor: Tad Mc Ilwraith

Document Summary

Functionalist view of political anthropology: interested in cultural norms interested in laws interested in social cohesion within a group. The framework: 4 types: bands (foragers) tribers (foragers, horticulture, pastoralism) chiefdoms (agriculturists) states (agriculture, industrialism) these 4 make up elman service"s basic 4 types. Pure examples of these are hard to find: cheat sheet on chapter 9 slides. Big man: not an office achieved status birth helps has influence and authority not power has to earn loyalty, is not given respect for nothing needs calculated generosity to be successful potlatch redistribution. Chief: moka redistribution office with a title (chief) has power and control ascribed status through birth loyalty is owed and expected. First world: generally defined as developed capitalism, democracy, money. Third world: generally defined as developing poverty, colonies. Fourth world: comes from george manuel and michael posluns in 1970s indigenous groups (tribes) within states.