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Type: Interview transcript / congressional record
File Size: 2.28 MB
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This document appears to be page 26 of a transcript from the House Oversight Committee (marked HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031901). It contains an intellectual discussion between an interviewer named Shaffer and the author Fukuyama (likely Francis Fukuyama). They discuss Fukuyama's book chapter regarding how the Catholic Church historically altered family structures and inheritance rules in Europe to facilitate the move from tribal kinship systems to modern states.

People (2)

Name Role Context
Shaffer Interviewer
Asking a question about a book chapter titled 'How Christianity Undermines the Family'.
Fukuyama Interviewee / Author
Francis Fukuyama (implied); discussing his thesis on modern politics, kinship, and the Catholic Church.

Organizations (3)

Name Type Context
Catholic Church
Discussed historically regarding its role in changing inheritance rules and family structures in Europe.
Roman Empire
Historical reference regarding Germanic barbarians.
House Oversight Committee
Implied by the document stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.

Locations (4)

Location Context
Discussed in the context of historical social organization.
Discussed in the context of cross-cousin marriage practices.
Historical reference.
Historical reference.

Relationships (1)

Shaffer Interviewer/Interviewee Fukuyama
Dialogue structure in the transcript.

Key Quotes (3)

"You can’t have modern politics if society is based on the biological principles of supporting friends and family."
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"Europe in that respect was quite exceptional, because that happened early, and it happened through the agency of the Catholic Church, which changed the rules of inheritance for kin-groups."
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"It forbade divorce, it forbade concubinage, and it forbade cousin marriages within three or four degrees of relatedness."
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