Gunnar Landtman

The Origin of the Inequality of the Social Classes

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Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1938, The Origin of the Inequality of the Social Classes presents ethnological research into how rank and inequality has been created or formed in various societies. This title will be of interest to students of Sociology and Anthropology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 466
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 713g
• ISBN-13: 9781138195189
• ISBN-10: 1138195189
• Artikelnr.: 43858157

Autorenporträt

Gunnar Landtman

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Part A: The Primary Causes of Social Inequality; 1. Equality of
Rank Prevailing Among the Lowest Races 2. The Position of Women and
Children - Age Classes 3. Social Differentiation Through Personal Qualities
4. Wealth as Influencing Social Differentiation 5. Social Differentiation
as Influenced by the Development of Trades 6. Social Differentiation as
Influenced by the Development of Trades (Concluded) 7. Social Inequality
Caused by the Amalgamation of Tribes; Part B: The Origin of Priesthood; 8.
Introduction - The Human Need of Mediators with the Preternatural World 9.
The First Appearance of Priests 10. Qualifications Required by Aspirants to
Priesthood - Initiation of Priests 11. How Priests Gain Reputation - Origin
of Priesthood as a Distinct Order 12. Classification of Priests and
Distribution of Priestly Functions; Part C: The Origin of Slavery; 13.
Theory - Intra-Tribal Slavery 14. Extra-Tribal Slavery- Enslavement through
Captivity in War 15. Further Sources of Slavery - Classification of the
Slave Order; Part D: The Origin of Nobility; 16. Nobility or the Upper Free
Class-Concluding Observations Regarding the Main Classes; Part E: The
Origin of Government 17. Council of the Influential Men and Chieftainship