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Author : Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Publisher : New York : Basic Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)
Download or read book History Of Anthropol Thought written by Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard and published by New York : Basic Books. This book was released on 1981-07-16 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Annemarie De Waal Malefijt
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 9780394483306
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (833 download)
Download or read book Images of Man written by Annemarie De Waal Malefijt and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1974 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark Moberg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415699991
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (156 download)
Download or read book Engaging Anthropological Theory written by Mark Moberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text offers a fresh look at the history of anthropological theory. Anthropological ideas about human diversity have always been rooted in the socio-political conditions in which they arose, and exploring them in context helps students understand how and why they evolved, and how theory relates to life and society.
Author : Vijay S. Upadhyay
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9788170224921
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (249 download)
Download or read book History of Anthropological Thought written by Vijay S. Upadhyay and published by Concept Publishing Company. This book was released on 1993 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alan Barnard
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316101932
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (161 download)
Download or read book History and Theory in Anthropology written by Alan Barnard and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-06-15 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthropology is a discipline very conscious of its history, and Alan Barnard has written a clear, balanced and judicious textbook that surveys the historical contexts of the great debates and traces the genealogies of theories and schools of thought. It also considers the problems involved in assessing these theories. The book covers the precursors of anthropology; evolutionism in all its guises; diffusionism and culture area theories, functionalism and structural-functionalism; action-centred theories; processual and Marxist perspectives; the many faces of relativism, structuralism and post-structuralism; and recent interpretive and postmodernist viewpoints.
Author : Paul A. Erickson
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442606614
Total Pages : 603 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)
Download or read book A History of Anthropological Theory, Fourth Edition written by Paul A. Erickson and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2013-04-26 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the latest edition of their popular overview text, Erickson and Murphy continue to provide a comprehensive, affordable, and accessible introduction to anthropological theory from antiquity to the present. A new section on twenty-first-century anthropological theory has been added, with more coverage given to postcolonialism, non-Western anthropology, and public anthropology. The book has also been redesigned to be more visually and pedagogically engaging. Used on its own, or paired with the companion volume Readings for a History of Anthropological Theory, Fourth Edition, this reader offers a flexible and highly useful resource for the undergraduate anthropology classroom. For additional resources, visit the "Teaching Theory" page at www.utpteachingculture.com.
Author : Matei Candea
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315388243
Total Pages : 533 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (153 download)
Download or read book Schools and Styles of Anthropological Theory written by Matei Candea and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an overview of important currents of thought in social and cultural anthropology, from the 19th century to the present. It introduces readers to the origins, context and continuing relevance of a fascinating and exciting kaleidoscope of ideas that have transformed the humanities and social sciences, and the way we understand ourselves and the societies we live in today. Each chapter provides a thorough yet engaging introduction to a particular theoretical school, style or conceptual issue. Together they build up to a detailed and comprehensive critical introduction to the most salient areas of the field. The introduction reflects on the substantive themes which tie the chapters together and on what the very notions of ‘theory’ and ‘theoretical school’ bring to our understanding of anthropology as a discipline. The book tracks a core lecture series given at Cambridge University and is essential reading for all undergraduate students undertaking a course on anthropological theory or the history of anthropological thought. It will also be useful more broadly for students of social and cultural anthropology, sociology, human geography and cognate disciplines in the social sciences and humanities.
Author : D. Graeber
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0312299060
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (122 download)
Download or read book Toward an Anthropological Theory of Value written by D. Graeber and published by Springer. This book was released on 2001-12-13 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a widely cited classic, this innovative book is the first comprehensive synthesis of economic, political, and cultural theories of value. David Graeber reexamines a century of anthropological thought about value and exchange, in large measure to find a way out of ongoing quandaries in current social theory, which have become critical at the present moment of ideological collapse in the face of Neoliberalism. Rooted in an engaged, dynamic realism, Graeber argues that projects of cultural comparison are in a sense necessarily revolutionary projects: He attempts to synthesize the best insights of Karl Marx and Marcel Mauss, arguing that these figures represent two extreme, but ultimately complementary, possibilities in the shape such a project might take. Graeber breathes new life into the classic anthropological texts on exchange, value, and economy. He rethinks the cases of Iroquois wampum, Pacific kula exchanges, and the Kwakiutl potlatch within the flow of world historical processes, and recasts value as a model of human meaning-making, which far exceeds rationalist/reductive economist paradigms.
Author : James G. Carrier
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317327977
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)
Download or read book After the Crisis written by James G. Carrier and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-12 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the Crisis: Anthropological Thought, Neoliberalism and the Aftermath offers a thought-provoking examination of the state of contemporary anthropology, identifying key issues that have confronted the discipline in recent years and linking them to neoliberalism, and suggesting how we might do things differently in the future. The first part of the volume considers how anthropology has come to resemble, as a result of the rise of postmodern and poststructural approaches in the field, key elements of neoliberalism and neoclassical economics by rejecting the idea of system in favour of individuals. It also investigates the effect of the economic crisis on funding and support for higher education and addresses the sense that anthropology has ‘lost its way’, with uncertainty over the purpose and future of the discipline. The second part of the book explores how the discipline can overcome its difficulties and place itself on a firmer foundation, suggesting ways that we can productively combine the debates of the late twentieth century with a renewed sense that people live their lives not as individuals, but as enmeshed in webs of relationship and obligation.
Author : Jha Makhan
Publisher : Vikas Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 9780706986891
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (868 download)
Download or read book An Introduction to Anthropological Thought, 2nd Edition written by Jha Makhan and published by Vikas Publishing House. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers the thought, theories, meaning and views on the origin, history, of anthropological thought. It analyses and interprets the diffusion, structure, function and personality of culture. It also discusses the theoretical contributions of Indian anthropologies and the pioneering works of some independent sociologists and anthropologists of the world. It is useful for students of Anthropology, Sociology and those appearing for Central Services examinations (UPSC and state service commissions).
Author : Matthew Engelke
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691193134
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)
Download or read book How to Think Like an Anthropologist written by Matthew Engelke and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What is anthropology? What can it tell us about the world? Why, in short, does it matter? For well over a century, cultural anthropologists have circled the globe, from Papua New Guinea to suburban England and from China to California, uncovering surprising facts and insights about how humans organize their lives and articulate their values. In the process, anthropology has done more than any other discipline to reveal what culture means--and why it matters. By weaving together examples and theories from around the world, Matthew Engelke provides a lively, accessible, and at times irreverent introduction to anthropology, covering a wide range of classic and contemporary approaches, subjects, and practitioners. Presenting a set of memorable cases, he encourages readers to think deeply about some of the key concepts with which anthropology tries to make sense of the world--from culture and nature to authority and blood. Along the way, he shows why anthropology matters: not only because it helps us understand other cultures and points of view but also because, in the process, it reveals something about ourselves and our own cultures, too." --Cover.
Author : David Kaplan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351531603
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)
Download or read book Anthropological Theory written by David Kaplan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthropological theory has been much discussed in recent years, yet the crucial questions still remain--how can it be defined, how is it developed, how is it to be applied, and how can one confirm it? The editors of Anthropological Theory answer these questions by presenting essays relating to various aspects of anthropological theory. Their selections from widely scattered and often difficult-to-obtain sources present a comprehensive set of writings that describe the current position and issues involved in theory.The development of field work in anthropology generated a tremendous emphasis on empirical data and research. The plethora of information awaiting collection and the enthusiasm with which the field embraced it so immersed anthropologists that they were unable to relate this new information to the field as a whole. Manners and Kaplan believe that this lack of generalization had a profoundly negative effect upon the discipline. Therefore, they look closely into the relationship between field work and theory in an opening essay and go on to present material that demonstrates the value and the necessity of theory in anthropology. Essays by anthropologists and other social scientists deal with ""explanation,"" evolution, ecology, ideology, structuralism, and a number of other issues reflecting throughout the editors' conviction that anthropology is a science, the goal of which is to produce generalizations about sociocultural phenomena.The book provides necessary perspective for examining and evaluating the crucial intellectual concerns of modern anthropology and will therefore be important for the work of every anthropologist.
Author : R. Jon McGee
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 680 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Anthropological Theory written by R. Jon McGee and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages. This book was released on 2003 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and accessible survey of the history of theory in anthropology, this anthology of classic and contemporary 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.
Author : Sune Liisberg
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1782385576
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (823 download)
Download or read book Anthropology and Philosophy written by Sune Liisberg and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present book is no ordinary anthology, but rather a workroom in which anthropologists and philosophers initiate a dialogue on trust and hope, two important topics for both fields of study. The book combines work between scholars from different universities in the U.S. and Denmark. Thus, besides bringing the two disciplines in dialogue, it also cuts across differences in national contexts and academic style. The interdisciplinary efforts of the contributors demonstrate how such a collaboration can result in new and challenging ways of thinking about trust and hope. Reading the dialogues may, therefore, also inspire others to work in the productive intersection between anthropology and philosophy.
Author : Arpad Szakolczai
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108423809
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)
Download or read book From Anthropology to Social Theory written by Arpad Szakolczai and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-17 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rethinking of contemporary social theory that provides a vision about the modern world through key ideas developed by 'maverick' anthropologists.
Author : Venkata Mohan
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 : 1948372487
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (483 download)
Download or read book Anthropological Thought written by Venkata Mohan and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for Sociological Thought “Venkata Mohan’s Sociological Thought: In the Light of J. Krishnamurti’s is an exceptional and brilliant contribution of the author whom I consider as a unique academic intellectual of contemporary times. I am sure no one in the academic sphere has so far attempted to explain social Thought the way the author has analyzed and presented.” G. Satyanarayana, Emeritus professor of Sociologyat at Osmania University, Hyderabad. What is culture? How should one study it? Is a science of culture possible? And what is science anyway? Many thinkers have been attempting to answer these questions. This book covers the answers provided by anthropologists ranging from classical evolutionists to postmodernists Why Bruce Lee on the cover Page? The reason is...
Author : Alberto Corsín Jiménez
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 0857459120
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (574 download)
Download or read book An Anthropological Trompe L'Oeil for a Common World written by Alberto Corsín Jiménez and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our political age is characterized by forms of description as ‘big’ as the world itself: talk of ‘public knowledge’ and ‘public goods,’ ‘the commons’ or ‘global justice’ create an exigency for modes of governance that leave little room for smallness itself. Rather than question the politics of adjudication between the big and the small, this book inquires instead into the cultural epistemology fueling the aggrandizement and miniaturization of description itself. Incorporating analytical frameworks from science studies, ethnography, and political and economic theory, this book charts an itinerary for an internal anthropology of theorizing. It suggests that many of the effects that social theory uses today to produce insights are the legacy of baroque epistemological tricks. In particular, the book undertakes its own trompe l’oeil as it places description at perpendicular angles to emerging forms of global public knowledge. The aesthetic ‘trap’ of the trompe l’oeil aims to capture knowledge, for only when knowledge is captured can it be properly released.
