Background
Berghe, Pierre Louis van den was born on January 30, 1933 in Lubumbashi, Congo. Son of Louis and Denise (Caullery) van den Berghe.
(Human Family Systems integrates the approaches of anthrop...)
Human Family Systems integrates the approaches of anthropology and evolutionary biology to understand both the uniformity and the variability in human systems of marriage and kinship. It looks at the kind of mating and reproductive system we evolved as a unique species of mammal and primate, and at the kind of cultural adaptations we developed in the wide range of habitats our species colonized. Our genome and our culture are seen as interacting in an evolutionary process of adaptation to complex and changing environments. Human systems of kinship and marriage are, simply put, the uniquely human ways of raising babies successfully to become themselves reproductive adults.
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( Van den Berghe contends that intergroup relations are r...)
Van den Berghe contends that intergroup relations are reducible to individuals competing for scarce resources. While social classes are grouped according to common material interests, ethnic groups are organized by real or punitive common descent--ultimately on the basis of common interests. The author argues that ethnic nepotism is, at its very foundation, biological. This new approach is expanded further, taking into account how ethnicity is responsive to a wide spectrum of environmental factors. He analytically relates his own ideological biases to the substance of his work. What results is an intensely personal book of monumental scope and admirable intellectual honesty.
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Berghe, Pierre Louis van den was born on January 30, 1933 in Lubumbashi, Congo. Son of Louis and Denise (Caullery) van den Berghe.
Bachelor of Arts, Stanford University, 1952; Master of Arts, Stanford University, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1960.
Assistant professor sociology Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1962-1963. Associate professor sociology State University of New York, Buffalo, 1963-1965. Professor sociology and anthropology University Washington, Seattle, 1965-1998, professor emeritus, since 1998.
Visiting professor University Natal, South Africa, 1960-1961, Sorbonne, Paris, 1962, University Nairobi, Kenya, 1967-1968, University Ibadan, Nigeria, 1968-1969, University Haifa, Israel, 1976, University New South Wales, Australia, 1982, University Strasbourg, France, 1985, University Tuebingen, Germany, 1986, Tel Aviv University, 1988, University Cape Town, South Africa, 1989, University Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2005. Fellow Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California, 1984-1985.
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(Human Family Systems integrates the approaches of anthrop...)
(Human Family Systems integrates the approaches of anthrop...)
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( Van den Berghe contends that intergroup relations are r...)
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Served with Medical Corps United States Army, 1954-1956. Member American Sociological Association, American Anthropological Association, Sociological Research Association, Human Behavior and Evolution Society.
Married Irmgard C. Niehuis, January 21, 1956. Children— Eric, Oliver, Marc.