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Think Like an Anthropologist de Matthew Engelke

Think Like an Anthropologist: Pelican Books

Autor Matthew Engelke
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 aug 2017
'Subtle and self-reflexive. . . an excellent overview of the debates and issues that have shaped this hugely influential social science' -Guardian
How does anthropology help us understand who we are?
What can it tell us about culture, from Melanesia to the City of London?
Why does it matter?

For well over one hundred years, social and cultural anthropologists have traversed the world from urban Zimbabwe to suburban England, Beijing to Barcelona, uncovering surprising facts, patterns, predilections and, sometimes, the inexplicable, in terms of how humans organize their lives and articulate their values. By weaving together theories and examples from around the world, Matthew Engelke brilliantly shows why anthropology matters: not only because it allows us to understand other points of view, but also because in the process, it reveals something about ourselves too.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780141983226
ISBN-10: 0141983221
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 111 x 181 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Pelican
Seria Pelican Books

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Matthew Engelkeis Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics. A prize-winning author and teacher, he is also past Editor of theJournal of theRoyal Anthropological Instituteand has written for theGuardian,The Times, andPublic Books.

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Engelke's subtle and self-reflexive study presents an excellent overview of the debates and issues that have shaped this hugely influential social science. . . Using an eclectic range of examples, including "bridewealth" in modern China and the role of social values in Downton Abbey, he shows how anthropology reveals both the limits of common sense and the universal lessons that can be drawn from communities everywhere
Think Like an Anthropologistsets forth the anthropological sensibility as a mode of thinking that might encourage us to better appreciate the complexity and diversity of the modern world
Informing -- and perhaps occasionally startling readers who aren't themselves anthropologists -- is a profoundly important goal. Engelke achieves his goal with crystal-clear writing, and occasional humor, too
An affable introduction to the discipline
Clearly the work of an author having tremendous fun with material he knows inside out . . . Thinking like an anthropologist is something that we should all do more often
We may not do research in faraway places or even nearby, among our curious neighbors, but we all need to be anthropologists. Thinking like an anthropologist means stopping to consider our common-sense categories in critical, comparative, and historically informed ways. Matthew Engelke's admirably lucid book gives us the tools we need
A terrific introduction to the field. Beautifully written, winningly told, and provocative, the book captures the basic feature of the discipline: that anthropology is a way of seeing and thinking. Anthropology invites you to see yourself as someone else might see you. In this way, it is the most world-changing of fields
Playful and perceptive, Matthew Engelke welcomes readers into the fascinating history and profound insights of anthropology. This elegant synthesis shows how the discipline can change the way we think about the world