History and Theory in Anthropology - Alan Barnard

History and Theory in Anthropology

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Buch | Hardcover
256 Seiten
2000
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-77333-1 (ISBN)
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An overview of anthropological theory covering the historical contexts of the great debates.
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.

List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1. Visions of anthropology; 2. Precursors of the anthropological tradition; 3. Changing perspectives on evolution; 4. Diffusionist and culture-area theories; 5. Functionalism and structural-functionalism; 6. Action-centred, processual and Marxist perspectives; 7. From relativism to cognitive science; 8. Structuralism, from linguistics to anthropology; 9. Poststructuralists, feminists and (other) mavericks; 10. Interpretive and postmodernist approaches; 11. Conclusions; Appendix 1: dates of birth and death of individuals mentioned in the text; Appendix 2: glossary; References; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.6.2000
Zusatzinfo 10 Tables, unspecified
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 157 x 237 mm
Gewicht 525 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-521-77333-4 / 0521773334
ISBN-13 978-0-521-77333-1 / 9780521773331
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