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Meyer Fortes

24 April 1906-27 January 1983

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The Jobian principle is the idea that individuals assume responsibility for their lives and believe that events are shaped by human actions which are only mediated in part by supernatural forces and divine justice.

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Kinship is based on filiation and descent, not on a mere privilege accorded to alliances.

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The Oedipus complex is the idea that human actions are governed by fate and destiny. Individuals are believed to take no personal responsibility for their lives, and thus place all actions and consequences in the hands of omnipotent Gods and spiritual forces which are outside the realm of human influence.