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Situational Logic, Social Structure, and Highland Burma [and Comments and Reply]
- Source :
- Current Anthropology. 17:97-105
- Publication Year :
- 1976
- Publisher :
- University of Chicago Press, 1976.
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Abstract
- The theoretical gap between micro and macro levels of sociological analysis is handled by a concept set that integrates normative and transactional analyses of social phenomena. The concept set of situational logic-which refers to an actor's location in social structure and access to power and resources-when combined with equilibrium analysis, provides the necessary tools to comprehend how social systems operate. Political Systems of Highland Burma is analyzed to demonstrate that situational logic is (a) a sufficient analytic tool to reduce Leach's analysis to more lucid and parsimonious proportions, and (b) a basic conceptual tool in our understanding of social events.
Details
- ISSN :
- 15375382 and 00113204
- Volume :
- 17
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Current Anthropology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........6ddcc0544934dea7542a5adf43abc3c6