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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Page 42
... ideas , pas- sions , and aspirations . Those which hold the most prominent positions may be generalized as growths of the particular ideas with which they severally stand connected . Apart from inventions and discoveries they are the ...
... ideas , pas- sions , and aspirations . Those which hold the most prominent positions may be generalized as growths of the particular ideas with which they severally stand connected . Apart from inventions and discoveries they are the ...
Page 59
... ideas , the currency of the Young Hegelians , cannot by themselves have explanatory value . They claim that human thinking is conditioned by the social relations under which people live , which can only be understood with reference to ...
... ideas , the currency of the Young Hegelians , cannot by themselves have explanatory value . They claim that human thinking is conditioned by the social relations under which people live , which can only be understood with reference to ...
Page 554
... ideas serve the purposes of the powerful , thereby controlling and dominating people's understanding of the world . Foucault's ideas are described more fully in footnote 4 of essay 34 . Antonio Gramsci ( 1891-1937 ) was an Italian ...
... ideas serve the purposes of the powerful , thereby controlling and dominating people's understanding of the world . Foucault's ideas are described more fully in footnote 4 of essay 34 . Antonio Gramsci ( 1891-1937 ) was an Italian ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Sigmund Freud The Return of Totemism in Childhood 1913 | 67 |
The Foundations of Sociological Thought | 84 |
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