Concept
Kinship
Overview
human relationship term; web of social relationships that form an important part of the lives of most humans in most societies; form of social connection
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This trait reflects and parallels most closely the social situation we were considering at the last hour. We have a fairly definite notion of society as organized upon the feudal basis. The family principle, the principle of kinship is strong, and especially is this true as we ascend in the social scale. At the lower end, individuals may be lost more or less in the mass. Since all are parts of the common herd, there…
John Dewey, Reconstruction in Philosophy
Names Kinship several times; states what Kinship is.
"And," adds Marx, "it is the same with political, juridical, religious and philosophical systems in general." While the family keeps on growing, the system of kinship becomes ossified. The latter continues in this state and the family grows beyond it.
Friedrich Engels, The origin of the family, private property, and the state
Names Kinship several times; states what Kinship is.
In our society the meal unites the members of the family; but the sacrificial repast has nothing to do with the family. Kinship is older than family life; the oldest families known to us regularly comprised persons who belonged to various bonds of kinship. The men married women of strange clans and the children inherited the clan of the mother; there was no kinship between the man and the rest of the members of the…
Sigmund Freud, Totem and taboo
States what Kinship is; names Kinship several times.
Philosophers who discussed Kinship
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Place in the tradition
Part of Animism.