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Anthropology and Science

Author : Taylor & Francis Group
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9789389165746
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (657 download)

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Download or read book Anthropology and Science written by Taylor & Francis Group and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-18 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to know something - scientifically, anthropologically, socially? What is the relationship between different forms of knowledge and ways of knowing? How is knowledge mobilised in society and to what ends? Drawing on ethnographic examples from across the world, and from the virtual and global 'places' created by new information technologies, Anthropology and Science presents examples of living and dynamic epistemologies and practices, and of how scientific ways of knowing operate in the world. Authors address the nature of both scientific and experiential knowledge, and look at competing and alternative ideas about what it means to be human. The essays analyze the politics and ethics of positioning 'science', 'culture' or 'society' as authoritative. They explore how certain modes of knowing are made authoritative and command allegiance (or not), and look at scientific and other rationalities - whether these challenge or are compatible with science.

Human Cultures through the Scientific Lens

Author : Pascal Boyer
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1800642091
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Human Cultures through the Scientific Lens written by Pascal Boyer and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2021-07-09 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together a collection of seven articles previously published by the author, with a new introduction reframing the articles in the context of past and present questions in anthropology, psychology and human evolution. It promotes the perspective of ‘integrated’ social science, in which social science questions are addressed in a deliberately eclectic manner, combining results and models from evolutionary biology, experimental psychology, economics, anthropology and history. It thus constitutes a welcome contribution to a gradually emerging approach to social science based on E. O. Wilson’s concept of ‘consilience’. Human Cultures through the Scientific Lens spans a wide range of topics, from an examination of ritual behaviour, integrating neuro-science, ethology and anthropology to explain why humans engage in ritual actions (both cultural and individual), to the motivation of conflicts between groups. As such, the collection gives readers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the applications of an evolutionary paradigm in the social sciences. This volume will be a useful resource for scholars and students in the social sciences (particularly psychology, anthropology, evolutionary biology and the political sciences), as well as a general readership interested in the social sciences.

Genetic Nature/Culture

Author : Prof. Alan H. Goodman
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520929977
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Genetic Nature/Culture written by Prof. Alan H. Goodman and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2003-11-06 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The so-called science wars pit science against culture, and nowhere is the struggle more contentious—or more fraught with paradox—than in the burgeoning realm of genetics. A constructive response, and a welcome intervention, this volume brings together biological and cultural anthropologists to conduct an interdisciplinary dialogue that provokes and instructs even as it bridges the science/culture divide. Individual essays address issues raised by the science, politics, and history of race, evolution, and identity; genetically modified organisms and genetic diseases; gene work and ethics; and the boundary between humans and animals. The result is an entree to the complicated nexus of questions prompted by the power and importance of genetics and genetic thinking, and the dynamic connections linking culture, biology, nature, and technoscience. The volume offers critical perspectives on science and culture, with contributions that span disciplinary divisions and arguments grounded in both biological perspectives and cultural analysis. An invaluable resource and a provocative introduction to new research and thinking on the uses and study of genetics, Genetic Nature/Culture is a model of fruitful dialogue, presenting the quandaries faced by scholars on both sides of the two-cultures debate.

Cognitive Foundations of Natural History

Author : Scott Atran
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521438711
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book Cognitive Foundations of Natural History written by Scott Atran and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-01-29 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by a debate between Noam Chomsky and Jean Piaget, this work traces the development of natural history from Aristotle to Darwin, and demonstrates how the science of plants and animals has emerged from the common conceptions of folkbiology.

Anthropology and Political Science

Author : Myron J. Aronoff
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 085745725X
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (574 download)

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Download or read book Anthropology and Political Science written by Myron J. Aronoff and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What can anthropology and political science learn from each other? The authors argue that collaboration, particularly in the area of concepts and methodologies, is tremendously beneficial for both disciplines, though they also deal with some troubling aspects of the relationship. Focusing on the influence of anthropology on political science, the book examines the basic assumptions the practitioners of each discipline make about the nature of social and political reality, compares some of the key concepts each field employs, and provides an extensive review of the basic methods of research that "bridge" both disciplines: ethnography and case study. Through ethnography (participant observation), reliance on extended case studies, and the use of "anthropological" concepts and sensibilities, a greater understanding of some of the most challenging issues of the day can be gained. For example, political anthropology challenges the illusion of the "autonomy of the political" assumed by political science to characterize so-called modern societies. Several chapters include a cross-disciplinary analysis of key concepts and issues: political culture, political ritual, the politics of collective identity, democratization in divided societies, conflict resolution, civil society, and the politics of post-Communist transformations.

Aliens

Author : George Edgar Slusser
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809313754
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Aliens written by George Edgar Slusser and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How and when does there come to be an "anthropology of the alien?” This set of essays, written for the eighth J. Lloyd Eaton Conference on Fantasy and Science Fiction, is concerned with the significance of that question. "[Anthropology] is the science that must designate the alien if it is to redefine a place for itself in the universe,” according to the Introduction. The idea of the alien is not new. In the Renaissance, Montaigne’s purpose in describing an alien encounter was excorporation--mankind was the "savage” because the artificial devices of nature controlled him. Shakespeare’s version of the alien encounter was incorporation; his character of Caliban is brought to the artificial, political world of man and incorporated into the body politic "The essays in this volume . . . show, in their general orientation, that the tribe of Shakespeare still, in literary studies at least, outnumbers that of Montaigne.” These essays show the interrelation of the excorporating possibilities to the internal soundings of the alien encounter within the human mind and form. This book is divided into three parts: "Searchings: The Quest for the Alien” includes "The Aliens in Our Mind,” by Larry Niven; "Effing the Ineffable,” by Gregory Benford; "Border Patrols,” by Michael Beehler; "Alien Aliens,” by Pascal Ducommun; and "Metamorphoses of the Dragon,” by George E. Slusser. "Sightings: The Aliens among Us” includes "Discriminating among Friends,” by John Huntington; "Sex, Superman, Sociobiology,” by Joseph D. Miller; "Cowboys and Telepaths,” by Eric S. Rabkin; "Robots,” by Noel Perrin; "Aliens in the Supermarket,” by George R. Guffey; and "Aliens 'R’ U.S.,” by Zoe Sofia. "Soundings: Man as the Alien” includes "H. G. Wells’ Familiar Aliens,” by John R. Reed; "Inspiration and Possession,” by Clayton Koelb; "Cybernauts in Cyberspace,” by David Porush; "The Human Alien,” by Leighton Brett Cooke; "From Astarte to Barbie,” by Frank McConnell; and "An Indication of Monsters;” by Colin Greenland.

Cultural Anthropology

Author : Raymond Scupin
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1544363117
Total Pages : 756 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book Cultural Anthropology written by Raymond Scupin and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now with SAGE Publishing! Cultural Anthropology: A Global Perspective delves into both classic and current research in the field, reflecting a commitment to anthropology’s holistic and integrative approach. This text illuminates how the four core subfields of anthropology—biological anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, and cultural anthropology—together yield a comprehensive understanding of humanity. In examining anthropological research, this text often refers to research conducted in other fields, sparking the critical imagination that brings the learning process to life. The Tenth Edition expands on the book’s hallmark three-themed approach (diversity of human societies, similarities that make all humans fundamentally alike, and synthetic-complementary approach) by introducing a new fourth theme addressing psychological essentialism. Recognizing the necessity for students to develop an enhanced global awareness more than ever before, author Raymond Scupin uses over 30 years of teaching experience to bring readers closer to the theories, data, and critical thinking skills vital to appreciating the full sweep of the human condition. This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package.

Reclaiming a Scientific Anthropology

Author : Lawrence A. Kuznar
Publisher : AltaMira Press
ISBN 13 : 0759112347
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (591 download)

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Download or read book Reclaiming a Scientific Anthropology written by Lawrence A. Kuznar and published by AltaMira Press. This book was released on 2008-09-11 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of Reclaiming a Scientific Anthropology arrives at just the right time, as new advances in science increasingly affect anthropologists of all stripes. Lawrence Kuznar begins by reviewing the basic issues of scientific epistemology in anthropology as they have taken shape over the life of the discipline. He then describes postmodern and other critiques of both science and scientific anthropology, and he concludes with stringent analyses of these debates. This new edition brings this important text firmly into the 21st century; it not only updates the scholarly debates but it describes new research techniques—such as computer modeling systems—that could not have been imagined just a decade ago. In a field that has become increasingly divided over basic methods of reasearch and interpretation, Kuznar makes a powerful argument that anthropology should return to its roots in empirical science.

An Introduction to Physical Anthropology

Author : Denise Cucurny
Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780534514457
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (144 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Physical Anthropology written by Denise Cucurny and published by Wadsworth Publishing Company. This book was released on 1999-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapter-by-chapter resources for the student, including learning objective outlines, fill-in-the-blank chapter outlines, key terms, and extensive opportunities for self-quizzing.

Anthropology and Science

Author : Jeanette Edwards
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 100032544X
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Anthropology and Science written by Jeanette Edwards and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-26 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to know something - scientifically, anthropologically, socially? What is the relationship between different forms of knowledge and ways of knowing? How is knowledge mobilised in society and to what ends? Drawing on ethnographic examples from across the world, and from the virtual and global 'places' created by new information technologies, Anthropology and Science presents examples of living and dynamic epistemologies and practices, and of how scientific ways of knowing operate in the world. Authors address the nature of both scientific and experiential knowledge, and look at competing and alternative ideas about what it means to be human. The essays analyze the politics and ethics of positioning 'science', 'culture' or 'society' as authoritative. They explore how certain modes of knowing are made authoritative and command allegiance (or not), and look at scientific and other rationalities - whether these challenge or are compatible with science.

Anthropology

Author : Daniel Garrison Brinton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Anthropology written by Daniel Garrison Brinton and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Science of Man

Author : Mischa Titiev
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book The Science of Man written by Mischa Titiev and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Anthropology

Author : Daniel Garrison Brinton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (253 download)

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Download or read book Anthropology written by Daniel Garrison Brinton and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Anthropology and Science

Author : Jeanette Edwards
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000323676
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Anthropology and Science written by Jeanette Edwards and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-26 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to know something - scientifically, anthropologically, socially? What is the relationship between different forms of knowledge and ways of knowing? How is knowledge mobilised in society and to what ends? Drawing on ethnographic examples from across the world, and from the virtual and global 'places' created by new information technologies, Anthropology and Science presents examples of living and dynamic epistemologies and practices, and of how scientific ways of knowing operate in the world. Authors address the nature of both scientific and experiential knowledge, and look at competing and alternative ideas about what it means to be human. The essays analyze the politics and ethics of positioning 'science', 'culture' or 'society' as authoritative. They explore how certain modes of knowing are made authoritative and command allegiance (or not), and look at scientific and other rationalities - whether these challenge or are compatible with science.

Anthropology

Author : Daniel Garrison Brinton
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333344115
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book Anthropology written by Daniel Garrison Brinton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-24 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Anthropology: As a Science and as a Branch of University Education in the United States This very brief presentation of the claims of Anthropology for a recognized place in institutions of the higher education in the United States will, I hope, receive the thoughtful consideration of the officers and patrons of our Universities and post-graduate Departments. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Man

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Man written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Why I Am Not a Scientist

Author : Jonathan Marks
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520259602
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Why I Am Not a Scientist written by Jonathan Marks and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2009-06-23 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Highly readable and informative, this critical series of vignettes illustrates a long history of the corruption of science by folk beliefs, careerism, and sociopolitical agendas. Marks repeatedly brings home the message that we should challenge scientists, especially molecular geneticists, before we accept their results and give millions of dollars in public and private funds toward their enterprises."—Russell Tuttle, The University of Chicago “Jonathan Marks has produced a personal and compelling story of how science works. His involvement in scientific endeavor in human biology and evolution over the past three decades and his keen sense of the workings of science make this book a must read for both scientists and lay readers. In this sense, the lay reader will learn how scientists should and shouldn't think and some scientists who read this book will come away thinking they are truly not scientists nor would they want to be.”—Rob DeSalle, American Museum of Natural History “Jonathan Marks's Why I Am Not a Scientist provides food for thought, and as expected, it's digestible. In unusually broad perspective, this anthropology of knowledge considers science and race and racism, gender, fraud, misconduct and creationism in a way that makes one proud to be called a scientist.”—George J. Armelagos, Emory University