Introduction to the Science of Kinship

Humans organize systems of social ideas through structures of kinship. In Introduction to the Science of Kinship, Murray J. Leaf and Dwight Read describe what those ideas are, how they are used, and what this implies for the science of human social organization.

Murray J. Leaf is emeritus professor of anthropology and political economy at the University of Texas at Dallas. Dwight W. Read is distinguished research professor and professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles.

List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments and Who Did What Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Path to the Kinship Apocalypse Chapter 3: Theory of Organizations Chapter 4: Kinship and Biology Chapter 5: Kinship Maps Chapter 6: Ideas Attached to Kinship Maps Chapter 7: Domestic Group Organizations Chapter 8: The Hopi Chapter 9: The Purum Chapter 10: The Dravidian Problem Transformed Chapter 11: Kinship, Logic, and Mathematics Chapter 12: Conclusion Glossary References Index About the Authors