Small Places, Large Issues: An Introduction to Social and Cultural AnthropologyA revised and updated edition of this unique best-selling guide to social and cultural anthropology. |
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... knowledge . A related issue was the question of how knowledge advances . Are research environ- ments fundamentally self - critical and ruthless in their impartial search for knowledge ( Karl Popper , 1968 [ 1959 ] ) , or are they rather ...
... knowledge . A related issue was the question of how knowledge advances . Are research environ- ments fundamentally self - critical and ruthless in their impartial search for knowledge ( Karl Popper , 1968 [ 1959 ] ) , or are they rather ...
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... knowledge through socialisation . It has been customary to believe that all members of a ' primitive ' small - scale society by and large obtained the same body of knowledge and skills , but anthro- pological research has revealed that ...
... knowledge through socialisation . It has been customary to believe that all members of a ' primitive ' small - scale society by and large obtained the same body of knowledge and skills , but anthro- pological research has revealed that ...
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... knowledge and cultural practices . Detailed ethnographies describing colonial and postcolonial situations have indicated a need for a more nuanced understanding than that provided by the general models of global relationships . Olivia ...
... knowledge and cultural practices . Detailed ethnographies describing colonial and postcolonial situations have indicated a need for a more nuanced understanding than that provided by the general models of global relationships . Olivia ...
Contents
Comparison and Context | 1 |
Fieldwork and Interpretation | 14 |
The Social Human | 30 |
Copyright | |
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Small Places, Large Issues: An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology Thomas Hylland Eriksen No preview available - 1995 |
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