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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: 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 |
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| 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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