Alan Barnard

History and Theory in Anthropology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Anthropology is a discipline very conscious of its history, and Alan Barnard has written a clear, balanced and judicious textbook that surveys the historical contexts of the great debates and traces the genealogies of theories and schools of thought. It also considers 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-centred theories; processual and Marxist perspectives; the many faces of relativism, structuralism and post-structuralism; and recent interpretive and postmodernist viewpoints.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2000.
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 416g
• ISBN-13: 9780521774321
• ISBN-10: 0521774322
• Artikelnr.: 14915554

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1. Visions of anthropology; 2. Precursors of the anthropological tradition; 3. Changing perspectives on evolution; 4. Diffusionist and culture-area theories; 5. Functionalism and structural-functionalism; 6. Action-centred, processual and Marxist perspectives; 7. From relativism to cognitive science; 8. Structuralism, from linguistics to anthropology; 9. Poststructuralists, feminists and (other) mavericks; 10. Interpretive and postmodernist approaches; 11. Conclusions; Appendix 1: dates of birth and death of individuals mentioned in the text; Appendix 2: glossary; References; Index.

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Preface
1. Visions of Anthropology
2. Precursors
3. Changing perspectives on evolution
4. Diffusionist and culture-area theories
5. Functionalism and structural-functionalism
6. Action and process
7. Marxist perspectives
8. From relativism to cognitive science
9. Structuralism, from linguistics to Anthropology
10. Poststructuralists and feminists
11. Mavericks
12. Interpretive approaches
13. Postmodernism and its aftermath
14. Conclusions
Appendix 1: Dates of birth and death
Appendix 2: Glossary
References
Index.

Rezensionen

'... valuable key reading for first year anthropology undergraduates ...' Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute