Article
Genealogy, kinship, and knowledge: A cautionary note about causation
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Publication Date
12-1-2010
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Abstract
The choice of emphasisinkinship studies has often resulted in incompatible theoretical models of kinship that are mutually undermining and contradictory. Jones' attempts to reconcile disparate approaches to kinship using OTisuseful, however; seeing kinship as a specialized system for representing genealogy may be unwarranted in the light of recent advances in mathematical approaches to kinship terminologies.
Citation Information
Stephen M. Lyon. "Genealogy, kinship, and knowledge: A cautionary note about causation" Behavioral and Brain Sciences Vol. 33 Iss. 5 (2010) p. 394 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/stephen_lyon/12/
his work was published before the author joined Aga Khan University.