Glynn Custred

A History of Anthropology as a Holistic Science

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Produktbeschreibung

A History of Anthropology as a Holistic Science discusses the four fields of anthropology as a holistic science and the feasibility of such an approach through an examination of its history and its philosophical foundation. It elucidates the 1960s movement that threatens to discredit the discipline as an effective way of understanding humankind.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9781498507653
• ISBN-10: 1498507654
• Artikelnr.: 48894097

Autorenporträt

Glynn Custred is professor emeritus of anthropology at California State University, East Bay.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter 1: The Second Scientific Revolution Chapter 2:
European Origins in an Age of Science Chapter 3: One Discipline, Three Ways
Chapter 4: American Anthropology in the Nineteenth Century Chapter 5: What
is Science? Chapter 6: Converging Sciences Chapter 7: American Anthropology
and the Formation of the Scientific Holistic Approach Chapter 8: Physical
Anthropology Chapter 9: Archeology Chapter 10: Sociocultural Anthropology
Chapter 11: The Theoretical Diversity of Sociocultural Anthropology Chapter
12: Anthropology as Social Science Chapter 13: Anthropology and the
Humanities Chapter 14: Linguistic Anthropology Chapter 15: Culture Areas:
The Case of the Central Andes Chapter 16: An Andean Ethnographic Experience
Epilogue: A Holistic Science Bibliography About the Author