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Beschreibung

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.

Über den Autor

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).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Importe, Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781032533629
ISBN-10: 1032533625
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Moberg, Mark
Auflage: 3. Auflage
Hersteller: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 235 x 155 x 29 mm
Von/Mit: Mark Moberg
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.09.2024
Gewicht: 1,016 kg
Artikel-ID: 128856850

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