The circumscription theory is a theory of the role of warfare in state formation in political anthropology, created by anthropologist Robert Carneiro....

One of the leading experts on world-systems theory, Christopher Chase-Dunn, noted that circumscription theory is applicable to the global system, since...

Anthropology: Carneiro's circumscription theory Astronomy: Alpher–Bethe–Gamow theory — B2FH Theory — Copernican theory — Newton's theory of gravitation — Hubble's...

circle Circumscription (logic) Circumscription (taxonomy) Circumscription theory, a theory about the origins of the political state in the history of...

of theology Circumscription theory – Political theory Culture – Social behavior and norms of a society Dual inheritance theory – Theory of human behavior...

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own wealth over a longer time frame. Carneiro's circumscription theory Robert Carneiro developed a theory (1970) aiming to provide a more nuanced understanding...

formation of a separate ethnic identity is referred to as ethnogenesis. Two theories exist in understanding ethnicities, mainly primordialism and constructivism...

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indigenous peoples of Melanesia have thought about other societies. Early theories of cargo cults began from the assumption that practitioners simply failed...

prominent sociocultural evolutionists. He is mostly known for his Circumscription theory which explains how early political states may have formed as a result...

[ISBN missing] James, Paul (2006). Globalism, Nationalism, Tribalism: Bringing Theory Back In. London: Sage Publications. James, Paul (2001). "Relating Global...

controlled by the father or eldest male or group of males, and in feminist theory to describe a broader social structure in which men as a group dominate...

Circumscription is a non-monotonic logic created by John McCarthy to formalize the common sense assumption that things are as expected unless otherwise...

over others Gothi – Priest or tribal Scandinavian leader Great man theory – Theory that history is shaped primarily by extraordinary individuals Moka...

statuses. Additionally, labeling theory can play a role in ascribed status and self-esteem as well. Labeling theory is associated with the concepts of...

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but having monarchic representation or government. In anthropological theory, one model of human social development rooted in ideas of cultural evolution...

circumscribed territory. In 1962, Les Hiatt invalidated Radcliffe-Brown's theory of the horde, demonstrating that the empirical evidence from Aboriginal...

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"The galactic polity in Southeast Asia". HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory. 3 (3). University of Chicago Press: 504–506. doi:10.14318/hau3.3.033. S2CID 17733357...

Peasant Resistance (1985) Scott expanded his theories to peasants in other parts of the world. Scott's theories are often contrasted with Gramscian ideas...

empirical archaeological and historical evaluations of Scott's anthropological theory suggest that highlands in Southeast Asia were places of creative transformation...

system. This term is used occasionally in anthropological and archaeological theory to refer to the rulers of multiple chiefdoms or the rulers of exceptionally...

constitute customary law. It is not immediately clear that classic Western theories of jurisprudence can be reconciled in any useful way with conceptual analyses...

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Service researched Latin American Indian ethnology, cultural evolution, and theory and method in ethnology. He studied cultural evolution in Paraguay and studied...

highest seat in the monarchical system in Hindu India, contrary to the Varna theory. Historically the kings and rulers had been called upon to mediate on the...

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2007). Roy, Martin; Neveu, Catherine (3 April 2023). "A philosophy of the theory of "acts of citizenship" woven into the fabric of a political anthropology...