Anthropological theory has been much discussed in recent years, yet the crucial questions still remain--how can it be defined, how is it developed, how is it to be applied, and how can one confirm it? The editors of Anthropological Theory answer these questions by presenting essays relating to various aspects of anthropological theory. Their selections from widely scattered and often difficult-to-obtain sources present a comprehensive set of writings that describe the current position and issues involved in theory. The development of field work in anthropology generated a tremendous emphasis…mehr
Anthropological theory has been much discussed in recent years, yet the crucial questions still remain--how can it be defined, how is it developed, how is it to be applied, and how can one confirm it? The editors of Anthropological Theory answer these questions by presenting essays relating to various aspects of anthropological theory. Their selections from widely scattered and often difficult-to-obtain sources present a comprehensive set of writings that describe the current position and issues involved in theory. The development of field work in anthropology generated a tremendous emphasis on empirical data and research. The plethora of information awaiting collection and the enthusiasm with which the field embraced it so immersed anthropologists that they were unable to relate this new information to the field as a whole. Manners and Kaplan believe that this lack of generalization had a profoundly negative effect upon the discipline. Therefore, they look closely into the relationship between field work and theory in an opening essay and go on to present material that demonstrates the value and the necessity of theory in anthropology. Essays by anthropologists and other social scientists deal with "explanation," evolution, ecology, ideology, structuralism, and a number of other issues reflecting throughout the editors' conviction that anthropology is a science, the goal of which is to produce generalizations about sociocultural phenomena. The book provides necessary perspective for examining and evaluating the crucial intellectual concerns of modern anthropology and will therefore be important for the work of every anthropologist.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Robert A. Manners (1913-1996) received his Ph.D. from Columbia University and carried on field work in the Caribbean, among American Indians in the Southwest, and in East Africa. He wrote numerous articles and reviews for anthropological journals as well as many books. He was professor of anthropology, Brandeis University where he started up the department. David Kaplan is professor emeritus of anthropology at Brandeis University. He has contributed articles and reviews to various journals. He has also done field work in Mexico and his areas of specialty include economic anthropology, method and theory, and peasant culture of Mesoamerica.
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Introduction: The Plan of the Book Notes on Theory and Non-Theory in Anthropology 1. On the Concept of Culture 2. The Superorganic: Science or Metaphysics 3. The Difficulties Achievements and Limitations of Social Anthropology 4. Social Anthropology: Past and Present 5. Social Anthropology and the Method of Controlled Comparison 6. On Explanation 7. The Natural Science Ideal in the Social Sciences 8. Explanation and Comparative Dynamics in Social Science 9. The Phenomenological and Naturalistic Approaches to the Social 10. Causes Functions and Cross-Cousin Marriage: An Essay in Anthropological Explanation 11. Understanding and Explanation in Social Anthropology 12. Levels of Sociocultural Integration: An Operational Concept 13. Zufii: Some Observations and Queries 14. A Chinese Phase in Social Anthropology 15. Functionalism Realpolitik and Anthropology in Underdeveloped Areas 16. Some Criticisms of Cultural Relativism 17. Observation and Generalization in Cultural Anthropology 18. Residence Rules 19. Conflict and Congruence in Anthropological Theory 20. Limits to Functionalism and Alternatives to It in Anthropology 21. Functional Analysis of Change 22. Function and Cause 23. On Social Structure 24. Evolution: Specific and General 25. Multilinear Evolution: Evolution and Process 26. On the Evolution of Social Stratification and the State 27. Language and Evolution 28. History and Science in Anthropology 29. Some Issues in the Logic of Historical Analysis 30. Indian-European Relations in Colonial Latin America 31. Closed Corporate Peasant Communities in Mesoamerica and Central Java 32. The Influence of Linguistics on Early Culture and Personality Theory 33. Personality and Social Structure 34. Behavioral Evolution and the Emergence of the Self 35. Cultural and Cognitive Discontinuity 36. Culture and Environment: The Study of Cultural Ecology 37. The Frontier in History 38. Ecologic Relations of Ethnic Groups in Swat North Pakistan 39. Tappers and Trappers: Parallel Process in Acculturation PART VII: IDEOLOGY LANGUAGE AND VALUES 40. Sociological Aspects of the Relation between Language and Culture 41. Language Thought and Culture 42. Linguistic Relativity: The Views of Benjamin Lee Whorf 43. Belief and Knowledge 44. Social Beliefs and Individual Thinking in Tribal Society 45. On Norms and Values 46. Studies in Ethnoscience 47. The Psychic Unity of Human Groups 48. The Ethnographic Study of Cognitive Systems 49. Cognition and Componential Analysis: God's Truth or Hocus-Pocus? 50. Some Comments on Formal Analysis of Grammatical and Semantic Systems 51. Structural Analysis in Linguistics and Anthropology 52. Claude Levi-Strauss-Anthropologist and Philosopher 53. The Cerebral Savage: On the Work of Claude Levi-Strauss Selected Bibliography
Introduction: The Plan of the Book Notes on Theory and Non-Theory in Anthropology 1. On the Concept of Culture 2. The Superorganic: Science or Metaphysics 3. The Difficulties Achievements and Limitations of Social Anthropology 4. Social Anthropology: Past and Present 5. Social Anthropology and the Method of Controlled Comparison 6. On Explanation 7. The Natural Science Ideal in the Social Sciences 8. Explanation and Comparative Dynamics in Social Science 9. The Phenomenological and Naturalistic Approaches to the Social 10. Causes Functions and Cross-Cousin Marriage: An Essay in Anthropological Explanation 11. Understanding and Explanation in Social Anthropology 12. Levels of Sociocultural Integration: An Operational Concept 13. Zufii: Some Observations and Queries 14. A Chinese Phase in Social Anthropology 15. Functionalism Realpolitik and Anthropology in Underdeveloped Areas 16. Some Criticisms of Cultural Relativism 17. Observation and Generalization in Cultural Anthropology 18. Residence Rules 19. Conflict and Congruence in Anthropological Theory 20. Limits to Functionalism and Alternatives to It in Anthropology 21. Functional Analysis of Change 22. Function and Cause 23. On Social Structure 24. Evolution: Specific and General 25. Multilinear Evolution: Evolution and Process 26. On the Evolution of Social Stratification and the State 27. Language and Evolution 28. History and Science in Anthropology 29. Some Issues in the Logic of Historical Analysis 30. Indian-European Relations in Colonial Latin America 31. Closed Corporate Peasant Communities in Mesoamerica and Central Java 32. The Influence of Linguistics on Early Culture and Personality Theory 33. Personality and Social Structure 34. Behavioral Evolution and the Emergence of the Self 35. Cultural and Cognitive Discontinuity 36. Culture and Environment: The Study of Cultural Ecology 37. The Frontier in History 38. Ecologic Relations of Ethnic Groups in Swat North Pakistan 39. Tappers and Trappers: Parallel Process in Acculturation PART VII: IDEOLOGY LANGUAGE AND VALUES 40. Sociological Aspects of the Relation between Language and Culture 41. Language Thought and Culture 42. Linguistic Relativity: The Views of Benjamin Lee Whorf 43. Belief and Knowledge 44. Social Beliefs and Individual Thinking in Tribal Society 45. On Norms and Values 46. Studies in Ethnoscience 47. The Psychic Unity of Human Groups 48. The Ethnographic Study of Cognitive Systems 49. Cognition and Componential Analysis: God's Truth or Hocus-Pocus? 50. Some Comments on Formal Analysis of Grammatical and Semantic Systems 51. Structural Analysis in Linguistics and Anthropology 52. Claude Levi-Strauss-Anthropologist and Philosopher 53. The Cerebral Savage: On the Work of Claude Levi-Strauss Selected Bibliography
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