Historical Insights into “Mutuality of Being”: Marshall Sahlins’s Kinship Theory in Early and Classical Islam

This article delves into social group structures, examining them through the prism of kinship ties. At the core of our exploration is Marshall Sahlins’s definition of kinship as “mutuality of being,” which will be elaborated towards the article’s conclusion. We home in on the first four centuries of...

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Main Author: Nawas, John 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2024
In: Medieval encounters
Year: 2024, Volume: 30, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 263-279
Further subjects:B Islamic patronate (walāʾ)
B Kinship
B Client
B mawlā / mawālī
B Ulama
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