ANTH 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Michel Foucault, Elman Service, Onchocerciasis
14 Feb 2018
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Readings: ch. 11 & poor man, rich man, big-man, chief: The classifications of political organizations according to anthropologist. Caste or some lineages might be more prestigious class. Intensive herding or intensive agriculture agriculture and herding and/or herding. Small; low community very low population medium towns, high. Example of leader population density density density density. Mostly reciprocity reciprocity redistributio market n exchange, some redistribution. Before continuing let"s start with a few essential concepts. A belief system that entails a cultural understanding (including distortion or masking) of the true nature of social, political and economic relations (keesing 1981: 512). Ideologies are found in all domains of social life. Politics is associated with the exercise of power. It is a concept that is still very fuzzy. Adams defines it as: the ability of a person or social unit to influence the conduct and decision making ability of another" (1977: 388).
