The updated third edition of this book scrutinizes anew the history of anthropological theory. Covering key concepts and theorists in a lively style, Engaging Anthropological Theory examines the historical context of anthropological ideas and the contested nature of anthropology itself.
The updated third edition of this book scrutinizes anew the history of anthropological theory. Covering key concepts and theorists in a lively style, Engaging Anthropological Theory examines the historical context of anthropological ideas and the contested nature of anthropology itself.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Mark Moberg is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of South Alabama, USA, and has taught anthropological theory over many years. His research centers on labor, Fair Trade, and environmental politics in Central America, the Caribbean, and the United States. Among his other books are Slipping Away: Banana Politics and Fair Trade in the Eastern Caribbean (2010) and Fair Trade and Social Justice: Global Ethnographies (with Sarah Lyon, 2010).
Inhaltsangabe
List of Figures List of Tables List of Boxes Acknowledgments 1. Of politics and paradigms 2. Claims and critiques of anthropological knowledge 3. Anthropology before anthropologists 4. Theory and practice to change the world 5. Heirs to order and progress 6. Spencer, Darwin, and evolutionary tales for our time 7. The Boasian revolution 8. Culture and psychology 9. Functionalism, the pure and the hyphenated 10. Anti-structure and the collapse of empire 11. Evolution redux 12. Contemporary materialist and ecological approaches 13. Symbols, structures, and the "web of significance" 14. Postmodern political economy and sensibilities 15. The contemporary anthropological moment References Index
List of Figures List of Tables List of Boxes Acknowledgments 1. Of politics and paradigms 2. Claims and critiques of anthropological knowledge 3. Anthropology before anthropologists 4. Theory and practice to change the world 5. Heirs to order and progress 6. Spencer, Darwin, and evolutionary tales for our time 7. The Boasian revolution 8. Culture and psychology 9. Functionalism, the pure and the hyphenated 10. Anti-structure and the collapse of empire 11. Evolution redux 12. Contemporary materialist and ecological approaches 13. Symbols, structures, and the "web of significance" 14. Postmodern political economy and sensibilities 15. The contemporary anthropological moment References Index
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