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History and theory in anthropology

Author: Alan Barnard
Publisher: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"History and Theory in Anthropology surveys the historical contexts of the great debates in the discipline, tracing the genealogies of theories and schools of thought and considering 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-centered  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Alan Barnard
ISBN: 0521773334 9780521773331 0521774322 9780521774321
OCLC Number: 42296321
Description: xii, 243 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Visions of anthropology --
Precursors of the anthropological tradition --
Changing perspectives on evolution --
Diffusionist and culture-area theories --
Functionalism and structural-functionalism --
Action-centred, processual, and Marxist pespectives --
From relativism to cognitive science --
Structuralism, from linguistics to anthropology --
Poststructuralists, feminists, and (other) mavericks --
Interpretive and postmodernist approaches --
Conclusions.
Responsibility: Alan Barnard.
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Abstract:

"History and Theory in Anthropology surveys the historical contexts of the great debates in the discipline, tracing the genealogies of theories and schools of thought and considering 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-centered theories; processual and Marxist perspectives; the many faces of relativism, structuralism and post-structuralism; and recent interpretive and postmodernist viewpoints."--Jacket.

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