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Culture theory

Author: David Kaplan; Robert A Manners
Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall [1972]
Series: Foundations of modern anthropology series.
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Kaplan, David, 1929-
Culture theory.
Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall [1972]
(OCoLC)579753975
Online version:
Kaplan, David, 1929-
Culture theory.
Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall [1972]
(OCoLC)609469343
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: David Kaplan; Robert A Manners
ISBN: 0131955292 9780131955295 013195511X 9780131955110
OCLC Number: 257469
Description: xii, 209 p. 24 cm.
Contents: ch. 1 Anthropology: methods and issues in theory formation. The scope of anthropology --
Relativism vs. comparison --
The problem defining theory --
The relation between ethnological theory and ethnographic fact --
ch. 2 Theoretical orientations. General historical framework --
Nineteenth century evolutionism: a historical perspective --
Contemporary evolutionism --
Functionalism --
History --
Cultural ecology --
ch. 3 Types of culture theory. Technoeconomics --
Social structure --
Ideology --
Personality: social and psychobiological dimensions --
Concluding remarks --
ch. 4 Formal analysis. Models as heuristic devices --
Structuralism --
The new ethnography --
ch. 5 Epilogue: some old themes and new directions. Anthropology in crisis --
The traditional view --
Criticisms of the traditional view --
Future trends.
Series Title: Foundations of modern anthropology series.
Responsibility: [by] David Kaplan [and] Robert A. Manners.

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