Readings on premodern societies [compiled by] Victor Lidz [and] Talcott Parsons

Part 1. Introductory Readings: One. The Protocultural Foundations Of Human Adaptation / A. Irving Hallowell -- Two. Religious Evolution / Robert N. Bellah -- Three. The Problem Of Structural Change / Talcott Parsons -- Part 2. Primitive Societies: Four. Religion, Totem, And Symbolism / W.e.h. Stanner -- Five. Analysis Of Purum Kinship Ties / Rodney Needham -- Six. Affinal Ties, Subsistence, And Prestige Among The Coast Salish / Wayne Suttles -- Seven. The Political System Of The Bemba Tribe / Audrey I. Richards -- Part 3. Archaic Societies: Eight. Traditional Authority / Max Weber -- Nine. The Egyptian Pharoah: The Memphite Theology / Henri Frankfort -- The King's Person: Horus / Henri Frankfort -- Ten. Two Aspects Of The Feudal Period In Ancient Egypt: The Question Of Feudal Institutions In Ancient Egypt / William F. Edgerton -- The Values Of Life In Ancient Egypt / John A. Wilson -- Eleven. The Theological Aspect Of Mesopotamian Kingship / Henri Frankfort --^ Twelve. Three Aspects Of Mesopotamian Law: Legal And Social Institutions Of The Babylonians And Assyrians / Sabatino Moscati -- Law And Statecraft In Babylon / H.w.f. Saggs -- Courts And Punishment In Babylon / G.r. Driver And J.c. Miles -- Part 4. Historic Civilizations: Thirteen. Max Weber's Systematic Typology Of Religion / Talcott Parsons -- Fourteen. Political Orientations Of Bureaucracies In Centralized Empires / S.n. Eisenstadt -- Fifteen. The Chinese Literati / Max Weber -- Sixteen. Caste And The Four Life-stages In Traditional India / Heinrich Zimmer -- Seventeen. Laws Of Class And Stage Of Life In India / A.l. Basham -- Eighteen. Government, Social Structure, And The Religious Institution In Islamic Society: The Religious Institution / Hamilton Gibb And Harold Bowen -- Government And The Social Structure / Hamilton Gibb And Harold Bowen -- Nineteen. Roman Law As The Law Of The World / Rudolf Sohm --^ Part 5. The Seedbed Societies: Twenty. The God Of The Sufferers / Martin Buber. Twenty One. The Greek City-state And Its Ideal Of Justice / Werner Jaeger -- Twenty Two. The Athenian Democracy And Its Critics / A.h.m. Jones. [compiled By] Victor Lidz [and] Talcott Parsons. Includes Bibliographical References.