Anthropological Theory: An Introductory HistoryA comprehensive and accessible survey of the history of theory in anthropology, this anthology of classic readings contains in-depth commentary in introductions and notes to help guide students through excerpts of seminal anthropological works. The commentary provides the background information needed to understand each article, its central concepts, and its relationship to the social and historical context in which it was written. |
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... human free will . Tylor was stridently anticlerical . He saw human history as proceeding toward in- creasing rationality . His own religious background is significant in this context . Tylor was from a Quaker family and was highly ...
... human free will . Tylor was stridently anticlerical . He saw human history as proceeding toward in- creasing rationality . His own religious background is significant in this context . Tylor was from a Quaker family and was highly ...
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... human labor that gives value to goods and services . White may have consid- ered that as he wrote this passage . 19 ... human history various sources of energy are tapped and harnessed by man and put to work at culture- living and ...
... human labor that gives value to goods and services . White may have consid- ered that as he wrote this passage . 19 ... human history various sources of energy are tapped and harnessed by man and put to work at culture- living and ...
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... human species in general , including both males and fe- males . In fact , one frequently is led to suspect that in the minds of many anthropologists , " man , " supposedly meaning the human species , is actu- ally exactly synonymous ...
... human species in general , including both males and fe- males . In fact , one frequently is led to suspect that in the minds of many anthropologists , " man , " supposedly meaning the human species , is actu- ally exactly synonymous ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Sigmund Freud The Return of Totemism in Childhood 1913 | 67 |
The Foundations of Sociological Thought | 84 |
Copyright | |
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