History and Theory in Anthropology
- Author: Alan Barnard, University of Edinburgh
- Date Published: January 2005
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Anthropology is a discipline very conscious of its history, and Alan Barnard has written a clear, balanced and judicious textbook that surveys the historical contexts of the great debates and traces the genealogies of theories and schools of thought. It also considers the problems involved in assessing these theories. The book covers the precursors of anthropology; evolutionism in all its guises; diffusionism and culture area theories, functionalism and structural-functionalism; action-centred theories; processual and Marxist perspectives; the many faces of relativism, structuralism and post-structuralism; and recent interpretive and postmodernist viewpoints.
Read more- Challenging and insightful, both for students and for professionals in anthropology and related disciplines
- Wide coverage, both historical and contemporary, and extensive glossary
- Up to date with alternative theoretical perspectives and interesting work with older perspectives
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'… valuable key reading for first year anthropology undergraduates …' Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
See more reviews'… Barnard had succeeded to survey a vast field of scholarship. It provides very interesting and agreeable reading.' Anthorpos
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- Date Published: January 2005
- format: Adobe eBook Reader
- isbn: 9780511034640
- contains: 10 tables
- availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
Preface
1. Visions of anthropology
2. Precursors of the anthropological tradition
3. Changing perspectives on evolution
4. Diffusionist and culture-area theories
5. Functionalism and structural-functionalism
6. Action-centred, processual and Marxist perspectives
7. From relativism to cognitive science
8. Structuralism, from linguistics to anthropology
9. Poststructuralists, feminists and (other) mavericks
10. Interpretive and postmodernist approaches
11. Conclusions
Appendix 1: dates of birth and death of individuals mentioned in the text
Appendix 2: glossary
References
Index.Instructors have used or reviewed this title for the following courses
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- Human Conditions Seminar I
- Introduction to Ethnomusicology
- Junior Seminar in Anthropology
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