Claude Levi-Strauss: The Anthropologist as Hero

The popularity of Levi-Strauss, in the words of the editors of this collection of current essays and reviews, resides "in his seeming rejection of history and humanism, in his refusal to see Western civilization as privileged and unique, in his view of the human mind as programmed, in his emphasis on form over content, and in his insistence that the savage mind is not inferior to the civilized.…

Structural Anthropology

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046509516X

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xx + 410 pg.; 20,5 cm.

Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

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Structural Anthropology Volume 2

The eighteen essays collected in this volume have been selected and ordered to give what Lévi-Strauss terms "a bird's-eye view of the problems of modern ethnology." As representative examples, these essays introduce readers to the methods of structural anthropology while affording a glimpse into the mind of one of the foremost anthropologists of our time. "Structural Anthropology, Volume II…

Doing Anthropology : A Student - Centered Approach to Cultural Anthropology

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0-06-043011-7

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xiii + 267 pgs.; ils.; 27,5 cm.

Judul Seri

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The Anthropology of AIDS : A Global Perspectives

"Represents a long-overdue examination of anthropology's role in the fight against AIDS, bringing together the anthropological perspective and the problem of AIDS like no other."--Brian Joseph Gilley, University of Vermont Until now, there has been no one text that discusses the norms, beliefs, and behaviors that affect how societies respond to HIV/AIDS around the world. The Anthropology …

Anthropology and Politics: Revolution in the Sacred Grove

Ernest Gellner explores here the links between anthropology and politics, and shows just how central these are. The recent postmodernist turn in anthropology has been linked to the expiation of colonial guilt. Traditional, functionalist anthropology is characteristically regarded as an accessory to the crime, and anyone critical of the relativistic claims of interpretative anthropology (as Erne…

Applications of Anthropology: Professional Anthropology In The Twenty-First C…

At the beginning of the twenty-first century the demand for anthropological approaches, understandings and methodologies outside academic departments is shifting and changing. Through a series of fascinating case studies of anthropologists’ experiences of working with very diverse organizations in the private and public sector this volume examines existing and historical debates about applied…

Anthropology and Modern Life

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0-486-25245-0

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255 hlm.; 21,5 cm.

Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

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Doing Java An Antrhropological Detective Story

For the past forty years, Neils Mulder has been actively engaged with the cultures of Java, Thailand and the Philippines. In 2002, he retired to Mt Banahaw in southern Luzon, Philippines, where he works on his intellectual bigraphy, of which Doing Java is the second volume. In this book, he retraces how he learned to think about life on Java at the beginning of and in the late 1970's. In doing …

Neither Beast Nor God: The Dignity of the Human Person

Appeals to “human dignity” are at the core of many of the most contentious social and political issues of our time. But these appeals suggest different and at times even contradictory ways of understanding the term. Is dignity something we all share equally, and therefore the reason we all ought to be treated as equals? Or is it what distinguishes some greater and more admirable human being…