Mutual Aid · Character
John Ferguson McLennan
Scottish ethnologist, cited on primitive marriage and kinship systems.
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Also known as MacLennan, J. F. MacLennan
First appearance: Mutual Aid Among Savages
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MacLennan is included as one of the key researchers in the comparative study of early social institutions.
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In Mutual Aid Among Savages: MacLennan is included as one of the key researchers in the comparative study of early social institutions. Later, in VII: The Origin of the Family: Mentioned alongside Bachofen and Morgan…
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