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The Structural Theory of Kinship and Its Implications for the Research of the Moso Kinship

Zhang Ji-j

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The structural theory of kinship is the foundation of Levi-Strauss' structural anthropology.Three essential issues were involved in this paper:(1) the background of the structural theory of kinship,(2) the main arguments from the basic structure and operating mechanism of kinship,(3) the traits of the Moso kinship from the perspective of the structuralism theory.According to the recent arguments,this paper proposes a new perspective in terms of the combination of the structuralism and psychological methods for the research of the Moso kinship.

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The structural theory of kinship is the foundation of Levi-Strauss' structural anthropology.Three essential issues were involved in this paper:(1) the background of the structural theory of kinship,(2) the main arguments from the basic structure and operating mechanism of kinship,(3) the traits of the Moso kinship from the perspective of the structuralism theory.According to the recent arguments,this paper proposes a new perspective in terms of the combination of the structuralism and psychological methods for the research of the Moso kinship.

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The structural theory of kinship is the foundation of Levi-Strauss' structural anthropology.Three essential issues were involved in this paper:(1) the background of the structural theory of kinship,(2) the main arguments from the basic structure and operating mechanism of kinship,(3) the traits of the Moso kinship from the perspective of the structuralism theory.According to the recent arguments,this paper proposes a new perspective in terms of the combination of the structuralism and psychological methods for the research of the Moso kinship.

Key concepts: Kinship, Structuralism (philosophy of science), Perspective (graphical), Fictive kinship, Sociology, Epistemology, Mechanism (biology), Foundation (evidence)

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