ABSTRACT
Any system of knowledge is characterized by the search for interdependence among various individual phenomena which together constitute the object of enquiry. In this chapter sets of interdependent phenomena are referred to as 'types'. Since various features of sociocultural processes occur at the same time within the same system, it would be surprising if they were unrelated. However, it is equally unlikely that all structural traits could be
accounted for by a single general principle. The typological approach to culture and society must take account of both these basic assumptions.
