Small Places, Large Issues: An Introduction to Social and Cultural AnthropologyA revised and updated edition of this unique best-selling guide to social and cultural anthropology. |
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... European societies were the end- product of a long developmental chain which began with ' savagery ' . This idea was typical of the Victorian age , dominated by an optimistic belief in technological progress and , simultaneously , European ...
... European societies were the end- product of a long developmental chain which began with ' savagery ' . This idea was typical of the Victorian age , dominated by an optimistic belief in technological progress and , simultaneously , European ...
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... Europe in modern times , and that the ' universal ' Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 is therefore anything but universal , but rather a child of modern European social philosophy . If the latter argument is followed through , it may ...
... Europe in modern times , and that the ' universal ' Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 is therefore anything but universal , but rather a child of modern European social philosophy . If the latter argument is followed through , it may ...
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... Europe of the European Union , one might add , citizens can similarly be Barcelonians , Catalans , Spaniards and Europeans in different situations . Here too the principle of conflicting loyalties applies , since European citizens are ...
... Europe of the European Union , one might add , citizens can similarly be Barcelonians , Catalans , Spaniards and Europeans in different situations . Here too the principle of conflicting loyalties applies , since European citizens are ...
Contents
Comparison and Context | 1 |
Fieldwork and Interpretation | 14 |
The Social Human | 30 |
Copyright | |
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