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Social anthropology is, in the classic definition, dedicated to the study of distant civilizations in their traditional and contemporary forms. But there is a larger aspiration - the comparative study of all human societies in the light of those challengingly unfamiliar beliefs and customs that expose our own ethnocentric limitations and put us in our place within the wider gamut of the world's civilizations. This work provides an introduction to social anthropology. It is an up-to-date guide for use by teachers and students. It combines the strengths of British structural-functionalism with the leading ideas of Marx, Freud, and Levi Strauss while utilizing the methods of historians, political scientists and psychologists. One of the text's particular concerns is to reveal how insights from ""traditional"" cultures illuminate what we take for granted in contemporary industrial and post-industrial society.

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I highly recommend this book to any anthropologist or student in need of an 'anthropological retreat.' It is a valuable book to withdraw with for a while to revitalize and expand one's ideas of what social anthropology--and people (including the anthropologists themselves)--are about. -I highly recommend this book to any anthropologist or student in need of an 'anthropological retreat.' It is a valuable book to withdraw with for a while to revitalize and expand one's ideas of what social anthropology--and people (including the anthropologists themselves)--are about.- --William E. Mitchell, American Anthropologist I highly recommend this book to any anthropologist or student in need of an 'anthropological retreat.' It is a valuable book to withdraw with for a while to revitalize and expand one's ideas of what social anthropology--and people (including the anthropologists themselves)--are about. --William E. Mitchell, American Anthropologist I highly recommend this book to any anthropologist or student in need of an 'anthropological retreat.' It is a valuable book to withdraw with for a while to revitalize and expand one's ideas of what social anthropology--and people (including the anthropologists themselves)--are about. --William E. Mitchell, American Anthropologist

I highly recommend this book to any anthropologist or student in need of an 'anthropological retreat.' It is a valuable book to withdraw with for a while to revitalize and expand one's ideas of what social anthropology--and people (including the anthropologists themselves)--are about.

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Lewis, Ioan

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