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Publication IconLove and its entanglements among the Enxet of Paraguay: social and kinship relations within a market economy

In "Love and its entanglements among the Enxet of Paraguay: Social and Kinship Relations within a Market Economy", Stephen Kidd, Principal Social Policy Specialist in Development Pathways, examines the affective discourse and value systems of the indigenous Enxet people. Kidd’s analysis focuses on how the Enxet navigate the market economy in Paraguay and the tensions it exerts on their commitment to egalitarianism, generosity, and personal autonomy.

blog iconAn exciting new book by Stephen Kidd on the social psychology of an indigenous people

By Ian Skoggard Social science is a broad enterprise focusing on diverse subjects of economics, politics, society and culture, to name a few, mostly all subscribing to objective, analytical, and if possible quantifiable methods of study. What if there was another approach, or dimension, to understand human behaviour, to which...