The field of anthropology is acutely aware of its past, and Alan Barnard has penned an understandable, impartial, and prudent textbook that charts the lineage of theories and schools of thought as well as the historical settings of the major discussions. It also takes into account the challenges associated with evaluating these theories. The book discusses the origins of anthropology, evolutionism in all of its forms, theories of diffusion and culture areas, functionalism and structural-functionalism, action-centered theories, processual and Marxist viewpoints, relativism in all of its forms, structuralism and post-structuralism, and contemporary interpretive and postmodernist stances.


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  • Brand: Cambridge University
  • SKU: 9780521774321
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  • Alan Barnard (Author)
  • Publisher:  Cambridge University Press (15 June 2000)
  • Language: English
  • Paperback:  256 pages
  • ISBN-10:0521774322
  • ISBN-13:  978-0521774321
  • Item Weight:  431 g
  • Dimensions:  15.21 x 1.47 x 22.91 cm

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