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An Invitation to Anthropology : The Structure, Evolution and Cultural Identity of Human Societies / Josep R. Llobera.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2003]Copyright date: ©2003Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781571815989
  • 9781782387503
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 301 21
LOC classification:
  • GN25 .L56 2007
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- MODULE 1 The scope and method of anthropology -- MODULE 2 Conceptual and institutional overview -- MODULE 3 The evolution and structure of human societies -- MODULE 4 The politics of cultural identity: nationalism, ethnicity, race and multiculturalism -- EPILOGUE Anthropology and the contemporary world -- Index
Summary: Synthesizing British, French and American traditions, this stimulating and accessible text presents a comprehensive and fascinating introduction to social and cultural anthropology. It offers an original approach through integrating knowledge produced from a variety of perspectives, placing cultural and social anthropology in a wider context including macro-sociological concepts and reference to biological evolution. Written in a clear and concise style, it conveys to the student the complexities of a discipline focusing on the structure, evolution and cultural identity of human societies up to the present day. The text consists of four major parts: the scope and method of anthropology, a conceptual and institutional overview, the evolution of the structure of human societies, and the cultural politics of race, ethnicity, nationalism and multiculturalism.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781782387503

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- MODULE 1 The scope and method of anthropology -- MODULE 2 Conceptual and institutional overview -- MODULE 3 The evolution and structure of human societies -- MODULE 4 The politics of cultural identity: nationalism, ethnicity, race and multiculturalism -- EPILOGUE Anthropology and the contemporary world -- Index

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Synthesizing British, French and American traditions, this stimulating and accessible text presents a comprehensive and fascinating introduction to social and cultural anthropology. It offers an original approach through integrating knowledge produced from a variety of perspectives, placing cultural and social anthropology in a wider context including macro-sociological concepts and reference to biological evolution. Written in a clear and concise style, it conveys to the student the complexities of a discipline focusing on the structure, evolution and cultural identity of human societies up to the present day. The text consists of four major parts: the scope and method of anthropology, a conceptual and institutional overview, the evolution of the structure of human societies, and the cultural politics of race, ethnicity, nationalism and multiculturalism.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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