A History of AnthropologyThis is the first book to cover the entire history of social and cultural anthropology in a single volume. Beginning with a summary of the discipline in the nineteenth century, exploring major figures such as Morgan and Tylor, it goes on to provide a comprehensive overview of the discipline in the twentieth century.The bulk of the book is devoted to themes and controversies characteristic of post First World War anthropology, from structural functionalism via structuralism to hermeneutics, cultural ecology, discourse analysis and, most recently, globalization and postmodernism. The authors emphasise throughout the need to see changes in the discipline in a wider social, political and intellectual context. This is a timely, concise history of a major discipline, in an engaging and thought-provoking narrative, that will appeal to students of anthropology worldwide. |
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Page 13
... concept also entered academia , where it reappeared , early in the twentieth century , as the doctrine of cultural relativism . Thus , the opposed doctrines of relativism and nationalism both trace their roots back to the same concept ...
... concept also entered academia , where it reappeared , early in the twentieth century , as the doctrine of cultural relativism . Thus , the opposed doctrines of relativism and nationalism both trace their roots back to the same concept ...
Page 39
... concepts such as social structure , norms , statuses and social interaction . In the USA , the discipline became known ... concept than society . If society is made up social norms , institutions and relationships , then culture consists ...
... concepts such as social structure , norms , statuses and social interaction . In the USA , the discipline became known ... concept than society . If society is made up social norms , institutions and relationships , then culture consists ...
Page 89
... concepts of function and structure ; he does not repudiate the notion of a stable , ' empty ' social structure , but proposes a complementary concept , which captures the dynamic , shifting character of social action . That concept ...
... concepts of function and structure ; he does not repudiate the notion of a stable , ' empty ' social structure , but proposes a complementary concept , which captures the dynamic , shifting character of social action . That concept ...
Contents
Victorians Germans and a Frenchman | 16 |
Four Founding Fathers | 36 |
Expansion and Institutionalisation | 54 |
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