One discipline, four ways : British, German, French, and American anthropology / Fredrik Barth ... [et al.] ; with a foreword by Chris Hann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barth, Fredrik, Author.

Contributor:

Barth, Fredrik, 1928-2016.

Series:

Halle lectures.

The Halle lectures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anthropology--History--19th century.

Anthropology.

Anthropology--History--20th century.

Anthropology--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (418 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One Discipline, Four Ways offers the first book-length introduction to the history of each of the four major traditions in anthropology-British, German, French, and American. The result of lectures given by distinguished anthropologists Fredrik Barth, Andre Gingrich, Robert Parkin, and Sydel Silverman to mark the foundation of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, this volume not only traces the development of each tradition but considers their impact on one another and assesses their future potentials. Moving from E. B. Taylor all the way through the development of modern fieldwork, Barth reveals the repressive tendencies that prevented Britain from developing a variety of anthropological practices until the late 1960's. Gingrich, meanwhile, articulates the development of German anthropology, paying particular attention to the Nazi period, of which surprisingly little analysis has been offered until now. Parkin then assesses the French tradition and, in particular, its separation of theory and ethnographic practice. Finally, Silverman traces the formative influence of Franz Boas, the expansion of the discipline after World War II, and the "fault lines" and promises of contemporary anthropology in the United States.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Foreword

Britain and the Commonwealth

The German-Speaking Countries

The French-Speaking Countries

The United States

References

Index

Notes:

"The twenty chapters of this volume derive from a series of lectures titled Four traditions in anthropology, which were organized to mark the inauguration of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle (Saale), Germany, in June 2002"--Fwd.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-387) and index.

ISBN:

9786612678950

9781282678958

1282678957

9780226038278

0226038270

OCLC:

648759785