Classic Concepts In Anthropology

Author : Valerio Valeri
Publisher : HAU
ISBN 13 : 9780990505082
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Classic Concepts in Anthropology written by Valerio Valeri and published by HAU. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late anthropologist Valerio Valeri (1944-98) was best known for his substantial writings on societies of Polynesia and eastern Indonesia. This volume, however, presents a lesser-known side of Valeri's genius through a dazzlingly erudite set of comparative essays on core topics in the history of anthropological theory. Offering masterly discussions of anthropological thought about ritual, fetishism, cosmogonic myth, belief, caste, kingship, mourning, play, feasting, ceremony, and cultural relativism, Classic Concepts in Anthropology, presented here with a critical foreword by Rupert Stasch and Giovanni da Col, will be an eye-opening, essential resource for students and researchers not only in anthropology but throughout the humanities.

Author : Matt Tomlinson
Publisher : ANU Press
ISBN 13 : 1760460087
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Mana written by Matt Tomlinson and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2016-04-13 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Mana’, a term denoting spiritual power, is found in many Pacific Islands languages. In recent decades, the term has been taken up in New Age movements and online fantasy gaming. In this book, 16 contributors examine mana through ethnographic, linguistic, and historical lenses to understand its transformations in past and present. The authors consider a range of contexts including Indigenous sovereignty movements, Christian missions and Bible translations, the commodification of cultural heritage, and the dynamics of diaspora. Their investigations move across diverse island groups—Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Hawai‘i, and French Polynesia—and into Australia, North America and even cyberspace. A key insight that the volume develops is that mana can be analysed most productively by paying close attention to its ethical and aesthetic dimensions. Since the late nineteenth century, mana has been an object of intense scholarly interest. Writers in many fields including anthropology, linguistics, history, religion, philosophy, and missiology have long debated how the term should best be understood. The authors in this volume review mana’s complex intellectual history but also describe the remarkable transformations going on in the present day as scholars, activists, church leaders, artists, and entrepreneurs take up mana in new ways.

Author : Thomas Hylland Eriksen
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Is Anthropology? written by Thomas Hylland Eriksen and published by Pluto Press (UK). This book was released on 2004 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition of the classic anthropology textbook which shows how anthropology is a revolutionary way of thinking about the human world

Author : John W. Bennett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351291181
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Classic Anthropology written by John W. Bennett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic anthropology is Bennett''s label for the work produced by anthropologists between 1915 and 1955. In this book, Bennett criticises classic anthropology for ne glecting the contemporary world and modern societies. '

Author : Franz Boas
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486148696
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anthropology and Modern Life written by Franz Boas and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great anthropologist's classic treatise on race and culture. One of the most influential books of the century, now available in a value-priced edition. Introduction by Ruth Bunzel.

Author : Henrietta L. Moore
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470673354
Total Pages : 629 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anthropology in Theory written by Henrietta L. Moore and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 629 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of the widely praised Anthropology in Theory: Issues in Epistemology, features a variety of updates, revisions, and new readings in its comprehensive presentation of issues in the history of anthropological theory and epistemology over the past century. Provides a comprehensive selection of 60 readings and an insightful overview of the evolution of anthropological theory Revised and updated to reflect an on-going strength and diversity of the discipline in recent years, with new readings pointing to innovative directions in the development of anthropological research Identifies crucial concepts that reflect the practice of engaging with theory, particular ways of thinking, analyzing and reflecting that are unique to anthropology Includes excerpts of seminal anthropological works, key classic and contemporary debates in the discipline, and cutting-edge new theorizing Reveals broader debates in the social sciences, including the relationship between society and culture; language and cultural meanings; structure and agency; identities and technologies; subjectivities and trans-locality; and meta-theory, ontology and epistemology

Author : Franz Boas
Publisher : Pantianos Classics
ISBN 13 : 9781789872729
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anthropology and Modern Life written by Franz Boas and published by Pantianos Classics. This book was released on 2020-09-07 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this insightful study, Frank Boas connects aspects of human history with their manifestation in the modern world, describing such topics as race relations, nationalism and education. When this book was first published in the 1920s, the United States was grappling with racial tensions, with heightening discrimination against black Americans. As such Boas leads with the topic of race, exploring the cultural contrasts that occur between different races. The relationship between a person's country, and the ideology of nationalism, is explored. Ideas of eugenics, whereby humans breed according to desired traits, are investigated and their limitations explained. Later in the book, concepts such as crime in modern society, and concepts of cultural stability are examined. Frank Boas is commonly described as the 'Father of American Anthropology', in that he pioneered means of understanding the present of North America through the lens of its past. Noted for his strong opposition to pseudoscientific beliefs that sought to affirm faulty notions of racial superiority, Boas was likewise famous for asserting that no culture could be ranked as objectively better or worse - a concept known as cultural relativism. Ideas of evolving refinement, whereby a culture grows more sophisticated with age and interactions between people, are energetically dismissed.

Author : Matei Candea
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108474608
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comparison in Anthropology written by Matei Candea and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a systematic rethinking of the power and limits of comparison in anthropology.

Author : Richard King
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231518242
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion, Theory, Critique written by Richard King and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-18 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion, Theory, Critique is an essential tool for learning about theory and method in the study of religion. Leading experts engage with contemporary and classical theories as well as non-Western cultural contexts. Unlike other collections, this anthology emphasizes the dynamic relationship between "religion" as an object of study and different methodological approaches and openly addresses the question of the manifold ways in which "religion," "secular," and "culture" are imagined within different disciplinary horizons. This volume is the first textbook which seeks to engage discussion of classical approaches with contemporary cultural and critical theories. Contributors write on the influence of the natural sciences in the study of religion; the role of European Christianity in modeling theories of religion; religious experience and the interface with cognitive science; the structure and function of religious language; the social-scientific study of religion; ritual in religion; the phenomenology of religion; critical theory and religion; embodiment and religion; the impact of colonialism and modernity; theorizing religion in terms of race and ethnicity; links among religion, nationalism, and globalization; the interplay of gender, sex, and religion; and religion and the environment. Each chapter introduces the topic, identifies key theorists and issues, and respects the pluralistic nature of the scholarship in the field. Altogether, this collection scrutinizes the explicit and implicit assumptions theorists make about religion as an object of analysis.

Author : Gary P. Ferraro
Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Classic Readings in Cultural Anthropology written by Gary P. Ferraro and published by Wadsworth Publishing Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessible reader has been edited by the author of the original texts, Gary Ferraro, to include articles and excerpts from works that have been pivotal to the field of anthropology and that have displayed enduring relevance.