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‘I can't follow you on this horde‐clan business at all’ : Donald Thomson, Radcliffe ‐Brown and a Final Note on the Horde
Author(s) -
Peterson Nicolas
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
oceania
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.356
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1834-4461
pISSN - 0029-8077
DOI - 10.1002/j.1834-4461.2006.tb03030.x
Subject(s) - clan , field (mathematics) , history , political science , law , mathematics , pure mathematics
An exchange of letters between Donald Thomson and A. R. Radcliffe‐Brown from 1948–54 not only sheds what is probably the final ray of light on Radcliffe‐Brown's views about the horde, but also shows how interpersonal relations may influence the way people deal with conflicts between their field experience and the reigning paradigm.