Descent, Filiation and Complimentary Filiation

Part of Kinship

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Definition

A key feature distinguishing tribes from bands is the presence of pan-tribal sodality (associational organisation).
Thinkers

A.R. Radcliffe-Brown — structural-functionalism: institutions function like organs to maintain social structure. Kinship Studies in India – Irawati Karve E.B. Tylor — culture is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom; unilinear evolution and survivals.

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