ABSTRACT

This is the first collection of Radcliffe-Brown's work chosen to represent his books as well as his essays. It includes some classic pieces, and also one or two lesser-known items. Radcliffe-Brown was a pioneer who established structural, sociological anthropology, in the face of the entrenched traditions of ethnology and social evolutionism.
First published in 1977.

part I|61 pages

Structure and Function

chapter 1|14 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|17 pages

On social structure 1

chapter 3|1 pages

Letter to Lévi-Strauss 1

chapter 5|4 pages

Functionalism: a protest

part II|58 pages

Rites and Values

chapter 8|26 pages

Religion and society 1

part III|158 pages

The Study of Kinship Systems

chapter 10|15 pages

On joking relationships

chapter 11|98 pages

Systems of kinship and marriage