ANTH 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Small Population Size, Arab Spring, Nationstates

• School: UConn
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1000
• Professor: Elle Shoreman-Ouimet

Document Summary

An introduction to politics and power: power and human culture. Power: the ability to bring about change through action or influence. Inherent in almost every human interaction, and therefore, culture E. g. , the arab spring: began in tunisia with the act of a produce salesmen fed up with corruption, evolved to the overthrow of 4 governments. How have anthropologists viewed the origins of human political. Attempted to focus on typologies, still contentious: most influential was elman service"s. 4 types: bands, tribes, chiefdoms, state: bands, band( / ) - a small kinship-based group of foragers who hunt and gather for a living over a particular territory, defining characteristics: 20 people to several hundred, but no larger. They make use of foraging as a subsistence method. Social organization is primarily based on kinship ties. Social power structures are flexible and based on consensus. These structures are highly egalitarian, and are typically not dominated by any one person or group.