Chris Knight

A brief history of ‘marriage,’ part 16

Social tensions facilitate transition from matrilineal clan to patriarchy Lewis Henry Morgan used the Darwinian concept of “natural selection” to…

September 12, 2013

A brief history of ‘marriage,’ part 11

Domesticating the hunters – Knight’s hypothesis British anthropologist Chris Knight has joined a host of militant workers in capitalist society…

August 4, 2013

A brief history of ‘marriage,’ part 8

The significance of ‘classification kinship’ In this installment, we deal with Lewis Henry Morgan’s crucial “classification kinship” discovery. Classificatory kinship…

July 14, 2013