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Political Systems of Highland Burma
- Henri Bartoli, Edmund Leach
- Economics
- 2004
In Political Systems of Highland Burma Edmund Leach interpreted the concepts of gumlao and gumsa as political models in Kachin society. In this chapter, I will question Leach’s attempt to establish… Expand
Culture and communication: the logic by which symbols are connected
- Edmund Leach
- Sociology
- 1 July 1977
Ancient Society and Morgan's Kinship Theory 100 Years After [and Comments and Reply]
- R. Makarius, Harumi Befu, +17 authors W. D. Wilder
- Sociology
- Current Anthropology
- 1 December 1977
The synchronic, antievolutionary approach to kinship has made it impossible to grasp its nature and define it adequately. Understanding of the phenomenon is tobe found in the implications of Morgan's… Expand
The Meaning of Myth, with special reference to 'La Gested' Asdiwal'
- Edmund Leach
- Philosophy
- 15 April 2013
On Malinowski, Frazer, and Evolutionism
- Konstantin Symmons Symonolewicz, Edmund Leach
- Philosophy
- Current Anthropology
- 1 February 1968
Asymmetric Marriage Rules, Status Difference, and Direct Reciprocity: Comments on an Alleged Fallacy
- Edmund Leach
- Southwestern Journal of Anthropology
- 1 December 1961
HIS PAPER refers to Barbara Lane's article "Structural Contrasts between Symmetric and Asymmetric Marriage Systems: a Fallacy,"' the argument of which is itself by no means free from fallacy. In her… Expand