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A history of anthropology / Thomas Hylland Eriksen and Finn Sivert Nielsen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eriksen, Thomas Hylland, author.
- Nielsen, Finn Sivert, author.
- Series:
- Anthropology, culture, and society
- Anthropology, culture and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anthropology--History.
- Anthropology.
- History.
- Anthropology--Philosophy.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 254 pages).
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Pluto Press, 2013.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This is a thoroughly updated and revised edition of a popular classic of modern anthropology. Avoiding geographical bias, the authors provide summaries of 'Enlightenment', 'Romantic' and 'Victorian' anthropology, from the cultural theories of Morgan and Taylor to the often neglected contributions of German scholars. The ambiguous relationship between anthropology and national cultures is also considered, and the growth of distinctive national styles in anthropological research is highlighted. A History of Anthropology is an unparalleled account of theoretical developments in anthropology from the 1920s to the present, including functionalism, structuralism, hermeneutics, neo-Marxism and discourse analysis. Major anthropologists are provided with brief biographies and key debates are covered such as those concerning totemism, kinship and globalisation. This essential text on anthropology is highly engaging, authoritative and suitable for students at all levels.
- Contents:
- Proto-anthropology
- Victorians, Germans and a Frenchman
- Four founding fathers
- Expansion and institutionalisation
- Forms of change
- The power of symbols
- Questioning authority
- The end of modernism?
- Global networks.
- Notes:
- Previous edition published 2001.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed August 6, 2015).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Eriksen, Thomas Hylland. History of anthropology.
- ISBN:
- 9781849649186
- 1849649189
- 9781849649193
- 1849649197
- 9781849649209
- 1849649200
- OCLC:
- 846979578
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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