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Some parts of the world are dominated by communism, others by Catholicism or by Islam and yet others by liberal doctrines. Why should this be? And why has communism triumphed in Russia, China and Cuba, yet failed in Poland, Cambodia and Indonesia? No one knows. Certainly no clear answer lies in variation of climate, environment, race or, even, economic development. The argument of this book is that world variations in social ideology and belief are conditioned by family structure. The author analyzes the distribution of family forms throughout the world, and examines the relations between particular structures, and (for example) communism, totalitarianism and individualism, as well as the links between these forms and a variety of social phenomena - illegitimacy, suicide, infanticide, marital stability and inheritance laws. He offers evidence to support the belief that family structures and kinship patterns lie behind the ideologies that have shaped the history of the 20th century.Product Identifiers
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons AND Sons LTD
ISBN-139780631154914
eBay Product ID (ePID)87579829
Product Key Features
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameExplanation of Ideology: Family Structures and Social Systems
Publication Year1988
SubjectAnthropology
TypeTextbook
AuthorEmmanuel Todd
Subject AreaHuman Biology, Political Science
SeriesFamily, Sexuality & Social Relations in Past Times
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height230 mm
Item Weight385 g
Item Width150 mm
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorEmmanuel Todd
