Murray J Leaf, Dwight Read

Gebundenes Buch

Human Thought and Social Organization

Anthropology on a New Plane

Beschreibung

Two characteristics of human beings as a species are: the elaboration of our thought through language and symbolism, and the pluralistic nature of our systems of social organization. This book shows how these two characteristics are related by determining the conceptual structures that are fundamental to human thought and social organization.

Autor

Murray J. Leaf is professor of anthropology and political economy at the University of Texas at Dallas and author of several books, including Human Organizations and Social Theory. Dwight W. Read is distinguished professor of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is author of Artifact Classification: A Conceptual and Methodological Approach.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 476
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 837g
• ISBN-13: 9780739170281
• ISBN-10: 0739170287
• Artikelnr.: 35054179