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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... theory since the 1850s . The book is different from others because it contains our introductions and paragraph - by - paragraph comments to inform your reading and raise inter- esting points or questions . Theory texts are problematic ...
... theory since the 1850s . The book is different from others because it contains our introductions and paragraph - by - paragraph comments to inform your reading and raise inter- esting points or questions . Theory texts are problematic ...
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... theory . Although they held similar views , Lamarck's theories were more systematically pre- sented , and his work is better known today . Lamarck believed that changes in geographic and climatic areas placed pressures on plant and ani ...
... theory . Although they held similar views , Lamarck's theories were more systematically pre- sented , and his work is better known today . Lamarck believed that changes in geographic and climatic areas placed pressures on plant and ani ...
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... theory , is that the given world or the " commonsense reality " may be false , illusory , and oppressive . It is an insight shared with all contemporary critical epistemologies includ- ing modern psychoanalysis , feminism and Marxism ...
... theory , is that the given world or the " commonsense reality " may be false , illusory , and oppressive . It is an insight shared with all contemporary critical epistemologies includ- ing modern psychoanalysis , feminism and Marxism ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Sigmund Freud The Return of Totemism in Childhood 1913 | 67 |
The Foundations of Sociological Thought | 84 |
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