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History and Theory in Anthropology

2nd Edition

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  • Date Published: December 2021
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9781108947039

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  • In the past twenty years, there have been exciting new developments in the field of anthropology. This second edition of Barnard's classic textbook on the history and theory of anthropology has been revised and expanded to include up-to-date coverage on all the most important topics in the field. Its coverage ranges from traditional topics like the beginnings of the subject, evolutionism, functionalism, structuralism, and Marxism, to ideas about globalization, post-colonialism, and notions of 'race' and of being 'indigenous'. There are several new chapters, along with an extensive glossary, index, dates of birth and death, and award-winning diagrams. Although anthropology is often dominated by trends in Europe and North America, this edition makes plain the contributions of trendsetters in the rest of the world too. With its comprehensive yet clear coverage of concepts, this is essential reading for a new generation of anthropology students.

    • Full coverage of social and cultural anthropology from the seventeenth century to today
    • Includes wide-ranging and full treatment of theories and ideas
    • Introduces theory using ordinary-language explanations and examples throughout
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    • Edition: 2nd Edition
    • Date Published: December 2021
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9781108947039
    • length: 300 pages
    • dimensions: 229 x 153 x 16 mm
    • weight: 0.434kg
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    Preface
    1. Visions of Anthropology
    2. Precursors
    3. Changing perspectives on evolution
    4. Diffusionist and culture-area theories
    5. Functionalism and structural-functionalism
    6. Action and process
    7. Marxist perspectives
    8. From relativism to cognitive science
    9. Structuralism, from linguistics to Anthropology
    10. Poststructuralists and feminists
    11. Mavericks
    12. Interpretive approaches
    13. Postmodernism and its aftermath
    14. Conclusions
    Appendix 1: Dates of birth and death
    Appendix 2: Glossary
    References
    Index.

  • Author

    Alan Barnard, University of Edinburgh
    Alan Barnard is Emeritus Professor of the Anthropology of Southern Africa, University of Edinburgh. His many books include Hunters and Herders of Southern Africa, Social Anthropology and Human Origins, Genesis of Symbolic Thought, Language in Prehistory, and Bushmen: Kalahari Hunter-Gatherers and Their Descendants, all published by Cambridge University Press. In 2010 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy.

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