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encompassment of the contrary: a standalone construct

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Political anthropology

an idea of hierarchy, from Dumont, as a relation in which a superior value contains its opposite at a higher level while being opposed to it at a lower level.

In political anthropology, encompassment of the contrary refers to an idea of hierarchy, from Dumont, as a relation in which a superior value contains its opposite at a higher level while being opposed to it at a lower level. This meaning comes from Dumont (1970) in Homo hierarchicus.[1]

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being3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs hierarchy4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs level1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

Dumont, L. (1970). Homo hierarchicus. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Open Library record

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