Maurice Freedman

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Maurice Freedman (born December 11, 1920 in London , † July 14, 1975 ibid) was a British anthropologist who was particularly known for his work on Chinese anthropology. He was a professor at the University of London from 1965 to 1968 and then, until his death, at the University of Oxford .

Life

Freedman aimed in his research to make a comprehensive overall interpretation of Chinese society organization and published numerous works on marriage, kinship, law and religion of Chinese-speaking societies. To date, however, his work has not been translated into German.

In the third Malinowski Memorial Lecture at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1962, he anticipated a Chinese phase in social anthropology . Only recently has China been rediscovered as a regional focus of anthropological research.

Works

  • A Chinese Phase in Social Anthropology , in: The British Journal of Sociology , Vol. 14, No. 1 (Mar., 1963), pp. 1-19.
  • Chinese Lineage and Society (1971)
  • Main Trends in Social and Cultural Anthropology (1979)

literature

  • Hugh D. Baker (Ed.): An old state in new settings: studies in the social anthropology of China in memory of Maurice Freedman . JASO, Oxford 1991.
  • Frank N. Pieke: Introduction: A Chinese century in anthropology? , European Association of Social Anthropologists , 2009.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary
personal data
SURNAME Freedman, Maurice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British anthropologist and ethnologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH July 14, 1975
Place of death London