Readings for a History of Anthropological Theory, Third Edition

Author:   Paul A. Erickson ,  Liam D. Murphy
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Edition:   3rd edition
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9781442600690


Pages:   632
Publication Date:   01 April 2010
Replaced By:   9781442606562
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"This comprehensive anthology presents 40 readings that are critical to an understanding of anthropological theory and the development of anthropology as an academic discipline. The readings have broad anthropological appeal, emphasizing social and cultural anthropology. The third edition has been completely revised throughout and organized to work more closely alongside the companion overview text, A History of Anthropological Theory. It includes six new readings as well as two original essays written by contemporary anthropologists on ""Why Theory Matters."" These new essays help ground the more abstract readings in the collection. The glossary has been significantly expanded and the discussion questions have been revised. The result is a volume that offers not only a strong foundation in the history of the discipline but also a good overview of developments in twentieth- and twenty-first-century anthropological theory, including feminist anthropology, postmodernity, medical anthropology, globalization, postcolonialism, and public anthropology."

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Author:   Paul A. Erickson ,  Liam D. Murphy
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Edition:   3rd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.800kg
ISBN:  

9781442600690


ISBN 10:   1442600691
Pages:   632
Publication Date:   01 April 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9781442606562
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Part One: The Early History of Anthropological Theory Overview 1. Bourgeois and Proletarians Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels 2. The Science of Culture Edward Burnett Tylor 3. Ethnical Periods Lewis Henry Morgan 4. The Organic Analogy Reconsidered Herbert Spencer 5. General Summary and Conclusion [The Descent of Man] Charles Darwin 6. [Part] III [Civilization and Its Discontents] Sigmund Freud 7. Introduction [The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life] Emile Durkheim 8. The Sociology of Charismatic Authority Max Weber 9. Nature of the Linguistic Sign and Synchronic and Diachronic Law Ferdinand de Saussure Why Theory Matters: Don Brenneis Part Two: The Early Twentieth Century Overview 10. The Methods of Ethnology Franz Boas 11. Conclusion [Primitive Society] Robert Lowie 12. What Anthropology Is About Alfred Louis Kroeber 13. Introduction [Coming of Age in Samoa] Margaret Mead 14. The Individual and the Pattern of Culture Ruth Benedict 15. Structuralism and Ecology Claude Levi-Strauss 16. Structuralism in Social Anthropology Edmund Leach 17. Introduction [Islands of History] Marshall Sahlins 18. Social Structure Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown 19. The Subject, Method, and Scope of This Inquiry [Argonauts of the Western Pacific] Bronislaw Malinowski 20. Introduction [African Political Systems] Meyer Fortes and Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard 21. Rituals of Rebellion in South-East Africa Max Gluckman Why Theory Matters: Louise Lamphere Part Three: The Later Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Centuries Overview 22. The Unconscious Patterning of Behavior in Society Edward Sapir 23. Energy and Tools Leslie A. White 24. The Epistemology of Cultural Materialism Marvin Harris 25. Symbols in Ndembu Ritual Victor Turner 26. Thick Description: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture Clifford Geertz 27. Language, Gender, and Power: An Anthropological Review Susan Gal 28. Self-Interest and the Social Good: Some Implications of Hagen Gender Imagery Marilyn Strathern 29. Knowing the Oriental Edward W. Said 30. Introduction [Europe and the People Without History] Eric R. Wolf 31. Are There Histories of Peoples Without Europe? A Review Article Talal Asad 32. The Birth of the Asylum Michel Foucault 33. The Production and Reproduction of Legitimate Language Pierre Bourdieu 34. Partial Truths James Clifford 35. A Crisis of Representation in the Human Sciences George E. Marcus and Michael M.J. Fischer 36. Theory in Anthropology since the Sixties Sherry B. Ortner 37. A Critical-Interpretive Approach in Medical Anthropology: Rituals and Routines of Discipline and Dissent Margaret Lock and Nancy Scheper-Hughes 38. Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy Arjun Appadurai 39. Sex on the Brain Stefan Helmreich and Heather Paxson 40. Anthropology and The Bell Curve Jonathan Marks Conclusion Glossary Sources

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Paul A. Erickson is a past professor in the Department of Anthropology at Saint Mary’s University. Liam D. Murphy is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at California State University, Sacramento.

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