POLITICS OF KINSHIP IN A TRADITIONAL PEASANT COMMUNITY OF BANGLADESH

Abstract

Peasant political order is functionally related to the ties of kinship. Kinship ties are of crucial importance to its effective functioning. Peasant communities in Bangladesh deserve mention. Most peasant communities here are by and large undeveloped hinterland. We may convey the status of ‘virgin village’ to those peasant communities yet visited by any survey team or any voluntary organisations involved in the process of rural modernisation. Here socio‐economic and political activities are organised around kinship nexus. Institutional foundation of kinship is a pervasive phenomenon. Viewed in this perspective kinship is an institution encompassing all aspects of life. The peasants have most intimate relationship with this institution marked by affection, reciprocity, solidarity and co‐operation.

Citation

Shairul Mashreque, M. (1998), "POLITICS OF KINSHIP IN A TRADITIONAL PEASANT COMMUNITY OF BANGLADESH", Humanomics, Vol. 14 No. 3, pp. 45-75. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb018814