Acephalous society
Translation- Acephalous society
In
anthropology , an acephalous society (from the Greek for "headless") is a society which lacks political leaders or hierarchies. Such groups are also known asegalitarian or non-stratified societies.Typically these societies are small-scale, organized into bands or tribes that make decisions throughconsensus decision making rather than appointing permanent chiefs or kings. Most foraging orhunter-gatherer societies are acephalous. Modernanarchist andlibertarian socialist societies that have abolished social inequality (e.gFreetown Christiana ,Anarchist Catalonia and theKibbutz ) may be considered acephalous as well.External References
[http://anthro.palomar.edu/tutorials/cglossary.htm Cultural Anthropology Terms]
ee also
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Anarchism
*Communism
*Non-Stratified Societies
*Social inequality
*Elitism
*Class stratification
*Egalitarian
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