Kinship and Social Organisation: Together with ‘The Genealogical Method of Anthropological Enquiry’ (LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology)

Rivers, W.H.R.

Parenting & Relationships

Routledge

One of the most fascinating men of his generation, W.H.R. Rivers was a British doctor and psychiatrist as well as a leading ethnologist. Immortalized as the hero of Pat Barker's award-winning Regeneration trilogy, Rivers was the clinician who, in the First World War, cared for the poet Siegfried Sassoon and other infantry officers injured on the western front. His researches into the borders of psychiatry, medicine and religion made him a prominent member of the British intelligentsia of the time, a friend of H.G. Wells, George Bernard Shaw and Bertrand Russell. Part of his appeal lay in an extraordinary intellect, mixed with a very real interest in his fellow man. Medicine, Magic and Religion is a prime example of this. A social institution, it is one of Rivers' finest works. In it, Rivers introduced the then revolutionary idea that indigenous practices are indeed rational, when viewed in terms of religious beliefs.

Medicine, Magic and Religion

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Ams Pr Inc

Originally published between 1920-70,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social sciences, and during a period of decisive historical discovery. The aim of the general editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize the most up to date findings and theories of historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and sociologists. This reprinted material is available as a set or in the following groupings: * Prehistory and Historical Ethnography Set of 12: 0-415-15611-4: £800.00 * Greek Civilization Set of 7: 0-415-15612-2: £450.00 * Roman Civilization Set of 6: 0-415-15613-0: £400.00 * Eastern Civilizations Set of 10: 0-415-15614-9: £650.00 * Judaeo-Christian Civilization Set of 4: 0-415-15615-7: £250.00 * European Civilization Set of 11: 0-415-15616-5: £700.00

Social Organization

History

World

Social Organization (The History of British Theatre)

Perry, W. J.

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Medicine, Magic and Religion: The FitzPatrick Lectures delivered before The Royal College of Physicians in London in 1915-1916 (International Library of Psychology)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Psychology and Politics: And other Essays

Conflict and Dream

Medicine, Magic and Religion (Routledge Classics)

One of the most fascinating men of his generation, W.H.R. Rivers was a British doctor and psychiatrist as well as a leading ethnologist. Immortalized as the hero of Pat Barker's award-winning Regeneration trilogy, Rivers was the clinician who, in the First World War, cared for the poet Siegfried Sassoon and other infantry officers injured on the western front. His researches into the borders of psychiatry, medicine and religion made him a prominent member of the British intelligentsia of the time, a friend of H.G. Wells, George Bernard Shaw and Bertrand Russell. Part of his appeal lay in an extraordinary intellect, mixed with a very real interest in his fellow man. Medicine, Magic and Religion is a prime example of this. A social institution, it is one of Rivers' finest works. In it, Rivers introduced the then revolutionary idea that indigenous practices are indeed rational, when viewed in terms of religious beliefs.

Medicine, Magic and Religion: Medicine, Magic and Religion (Routledge Classics)

Literature & Fiction

Essays & Correspondence

Kinship and Social Organisation (Routledge Revivals)

First published in 1914, W. H. R. Rivers' hugely influential study was the first to effectively demonstrate the close connection between methods of denoting relationship or kinship and forms of social organisation, including those based on different forms of the institution of marriage. He also shows that the terminology of relationship has been rigorously determined by social conditions and that, therefore, systems of relationship furnish us with a most valuable instrument in studying the history of social institutions.  This series of lectures was originally delivered by the author in May 1914, at the London School of Economics. They are based on the experiences of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to Melanesia in 1908.  

Anthropology

First published in 1914, W. H. R. Rivers' hugely influential study was the first to effectively demonstrate the close connection between methods of denoting relationship or kinship and forms of social organisation, including those based on different forms of the institution of marriage. He also shows that the terminology of relationship has been rigorously determined by social conditions and that, therefore, systems of relationship furnish us with a most valuable instrument in studying the history of social institutions. This series of lectures was orginally delivered by the author in May 1914, at the London School of Economics. They are based on the experiences of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to Melanesia in 1908.

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Kinship and Social Organisation: Together with ‘The Genealogical Method of Anthropological Enquiry’ (LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology)

Medicine, Magic and Religion

Social Organization

Social Organization (The History of British Theatre)

Medicine, Magic and Religion: The FitzPatrick Lectures delivered before The Royal College of Physicians in London in 1915-1916 (International Library of Psychology)

Psychology and Politics: And other Essays

Conflict and Dream

Medicine, Magic and Religion: Medicine, Magic and Religion (Routledge Classics)

Kinship and Social Organisation (Routledge Revivals)

Kinship and Social Organisation (Routledge Revivals)