Re: Truth, Power, Knowledge

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At 01:14 PM 4/24/96 EST, Marcus Aurin wrote

>The obvious next line of inquiry would be to examine the genealogies of
>value systems based on atomized "nuclear" type family structures. There is
>a burgeoning literature that traces the emergence of such systems to the
>rise of and consolidation of power and authority within centralized, larger
>scale (trans kin-group) governing bodies: centralized administrations
>strove to shore up their sovereignty by breaking down existing, local, kin
>based social authority hierarchies into tractable and powerless small
>(usually bilineal) family units that were dependent on central authority
>(law).
>
>--Marcus Aurin
> UMass-Boston
>
This hypothesis is brand new to me. I thought the "nuclear" type family
structure came from birds. Can you elaborate?

R. Snower rs219@idir.net

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