Blood Relations
Author | : Chris Knight |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 593 |
Release | : 1995-05-24 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780300063080 |
ISBN-13 | : 0300063083 |
Rating | : 4/5 (083 Downloads) |
Download or read book Blood Relations written by Chris Knight and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1995-05-24 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emergence of symbolic culture is generally linked with the development of the hunger-gatherer adaptation based on a sexual division of labor. This original and ingenious book presents a new theory of how this symbolic domain originated. Integrating perspectives of evolutionary biography and social anthropology within a Marxist framework, Chris Knight rejects the common assumption that human culture was a modified extension of primate behavior and argues instead that it was the product of an immense social, sexual, and political revolution initiated by women.