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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... tion with one or the other is dependent on circumstances . This idea of overlapping identities anticipates much of current interpretive and postmodern anthropology . 13 Weber's 1904 visit to America made a profound and. This transition ...
... tion with one or the other is dependent on circumstances . This idea of overlapping identities anticipates much of current interpretive and postmodern anthropology . 13 Weber's 1904 visit to America made a profound and. This transition ...
Page 137
... tion in which foreign elements are remodeled ac- cording to the patterns prevalent in their new environment , and they may be found in the pe- culiar local developments of widely spread ideas and activities . The reason why the study of ...
... tion in which foreign elements are remodeled ac- cording to the patterns prevalent in their new environment , and they may be found in the pe- culiar local developments of widely spread ideas and activities . The reason why the study of ...
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... tion of a position of scientific neutrality , and ra- tionalism ( Rabinow 1986 ) . Postmodernists chal- lenge these assertions . They maintain that such claims are distorted or , at best , true in only a very limited sense . They ...
... tion of a position of scientific neutrality , and ra- tionalism ( Rabinow 1986 ) . Postmodernists chal- lenge these assertions . They maintain that such claims are distorted or , at best , true in only a very limited sense . They ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Sigmund Freud The Return of Totemism in Childhood 1913 | 67 |
The Foundations of Sociological Thought | 84 |
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