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 62
... relations " with anything , it does not enter into any relation at all . For the animal , its relation to others does not exist as a relation . Consciousness is , therefore , from the very beginning a social product , and remains so as ...
... relations " with anything , it does not enter into any relation at all . For the animal , its relation to others does not exist as a relation . Consciousness is , therefore , from the very beginning a social product , and remains so as ...
Page 312
... relations of the Tsembaga with neighboring local populations similar to themselves . 31 It has been argued that rituals , arranged in repetitive sequences , regulate relations both within each of the subsystems and within the larger ...
... relations of the Tsembaga with neighboring local populations similar to themselves . 31 It has been argued that rituals , arranged in repetitive sequences , regulate relations both within each of the subsystems and within the larger ...
Page 434
... relations of production and how people think about these relations . 11 When this essay was written , French structuralism and sociobiology were extremely popular in the United States . In this paragraph , Leacock takes aim at both ...
... relations of production and how people think about these relations . 11 When this essay was written , French structuralism and sociobiology were extremely popular in the United States . In this paragraph , Leacock takes aim at both ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Sigmund Freud The Return of Totemism in Childhood 1913 | 67 |
The Foundations of Sociological Thought | 84 |
Copyright | |
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A. R. Radcliffe-Brown American analysis animals anthropology argued avunculate Balinese band behavior believed Boas cattle clan cockfight cognitive colonial complex context critical culture dominant Durkheim economic Émile Durkheim essay ethnographic ethnoscience European evolution evolutionary example existence exogamy fact Franz Boas Freud functions Geertz gender groups Hanunóo human ideas Ilongot important individual interpretation Julian Steward kinship Kroeber Kula Lévi-Strauss lineages linguistics male Malinowski marriage Marx Marxist means ment Michelle Rosaldo milk tree moral mother mother's brother native nature Ndembu Nuer objective organization paragraph patrilineal patterns phratry political position postmodern potlatch Press primitive principle production psychological Radcliffe-Brown relations relationship religion ritual scientific sexual social society sociobiology specific Spencer status structure symbols theory things tion totem traditional tribes Tsembaga tural ture Tylor University village women writing York