Other Cultures: Aims, Methods and Achievements in Social Anthropology

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The first part of this book considers what kind of study social anthropology is, the types of questions social anthropologists ask and how they go about obtaining the answers. The second part discusses the more important fields in which social anthropologists have advanced our knowledge of other cultures: kinship and marriage, social order, economic relations and magical and religious institutions. The important theme of social change is also discussed.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780415330299
ISBN-10: 0415330297
Pagini: 298
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate

Recenzii

'Beautifully written and exceptionally lucid It easily outclasses all its competitors.' - Edmund Leach, New Statesman.

Cuprins

Part 1; Chapter 1 Introduction and Background; Chapter 2 Social Anthropology and Some Other Sciences of Man; Chapter 3 What Social Anthropologists Study: the Need for Theory; Chapter 4 Explanation in Social Anthropology: Social Function and Social Structure; Chapter 5 Beliefs and Values; Chapter 6 Fieldwork; Part 2; Chapter 7 Kinship; Chapter 8 Marriage and Affinity; Chapter 9 Social Control: Political Organization; Chapter 10 Social Control: Law and Social Sanctions; Chapter 11 Economic and Property Relations; Chapter 12 The Field of Ritual: Magic; Chapter 13 The Field of Ritual: Religion; Chapter 14 Social Change; Chapter 15; Conclusion and Assessment;

Descriere

This book considers what kind of study social anthropology is and discusses the important fields in which social anthropologists have advanced our knowledge of other cultures.

Textul de pe ultima copertă

"Other Cultures" provides a lucid introduction to the relatively new field of social anthropology. The author devotes the first part of the book to a consideration of what social anthropology is and seeks to do, what areas it covers, and the methods of investigation employed by social anthropologists.

The second part discusses the major categories of research through which social anthropologies have advanced our knowledge of other cultures. These include marriage, kinship, political organization, law, economic and property relations, magic, religion, and social change. The final chapter surveys some of the contributions social anthropology has made to the understanding of other cultures. A short reading list follows each chapter.

"Other Cultures" will be valuable as a text or as supplementary reading for introductory courses in Anthropology, especially Social and Cultural Anthropology.

Notă biografică

John Beattie was a distinguished social anthropologist and a lecturer in his field of study at Oxford University.

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