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 236
... patterns that are established through the exploitation of a particular habitat by means of a particular technology ; and the subsistence patterns are only partly explainable in terms of culture his- tory . The use of bows and arrows ...
... patterns that are established through the exploitation of a particular habitat by means of a particular technology ; and the subsistence patterns are only partly explainable in terms of culture his- tory . The use of bows and arrows ...
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... patterns of these tribes were af- fected by the ecological adjustments principally in a negative sense : they lacked complicated and institutionalized worship of the kinds found among more developed cultures , there being little cere ...
... patterns of these tribes were af- fected by the ecological adjustments principally in a negative sense : they lacked complicated and institutionalized worship of the kinds found among more developed cultures , there being little cere ...
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... patterns are " felt " to be present , and convey meaning much as poetry conveys meaning . Even though the ordi- nary listener is not fully conscious of what has been communicated , the " message " is there in a quite objective sense ...
... patterns are " felt " to be present , and convey meaning much as poetry conveys meaning . Even though the ordi- nary listener is not fully conscious of what has been communicated , the " message " is there in a quite objective sense ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Sigmund Freud The Return of Totemism in Childhood 1913 | 67 |
The Foundations of Sociological Thought | 84 |
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