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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... phenomena - called total social phenomena - simultaneously express a great many institutions . Potlatch exchange , as Mauss details below , is such a phenomenon . Kava : a Polynesian ritual beverage consumed to produce a euphoric state ...
... phenomena - called total social phenomena - simultaneously express a great many institutions . Potlatch exchange , as Mauss details below , is such a phenomenon . Kava : a Polynesian ritual beverage consumed to produce a euphoric state ...
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... phenomena , suggesting that the investigation of such phenomena provides an outstanding pathway for developing an understanding of society in gen- eral . Mauss claims that total social phenomena are morphological . That is , they reveal ...
... phenomena , suggesting that the investigation of such phenomena provides an outstanding pathway for developing an understanding of society in gen- eral . Mauss claims that total social phenomena are morphological . That is , they reveal ...
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... phenomena which would systematically differen- tiate one culture from another . In fact the very concept of culture ... phenomena themselves , but the way they are organized in the minds of men . Cul- tures then are not material ...
... phenomena which would systematically differen- tiate one culture from another . In fact the very concept of culture ... phenomena themselves , but the way they are organized in the minds of men . Cul- tures then are not material ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Sigmund Freud The Return of Totemism in Childhood 1913 | 67 |
The Foundations of Sociological Thought | 84 |
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