The mediator: Kinship in light of cosmology

Authors

  • Enric Porqueres Laboratoire d’Anthropologie des Institutions et des Organisations Sociales (LAIOS), École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)

Keywords:

kinship, genealogy, person, body, anthropological theory

Abstract

This article explores some continuities between the ideas of Robertson Smith and Durkheim on totemism and recent developments in the field of new kinship studies. Parallelisms between the uses of the notion of the person in kinship theory are stressed from a mainly historical perspective.

Cover of “Ankulegi” journal, issue 16.

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How to Cite

Porqueres, E. (2015). The mediator: Kinship in light of cosmology. Ankulegi. Social Anthropology Journal, (16), 11–27. Retrieved from https://aldizkaria.ankulegi.org/index.php/ankulegi/article/view/12

Issue

No. 16 (2012): Families and kinship

Section

Monographic section