Other Cultures : Aims, Methods and Achievements in Social Anthropology

ISBN-13: 9780415330299 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 283 str.

John Beattie

Opis

This book considers what kind of study social anthropology is and discusses the important fields in which social anthropologists have advanced our knowledge of other cultures.

Recenzje

'Beautifully written and exceptionally lucid It easily outclasses all its competitors.' - Edmund Leach, New Statesman.

Spis treści

Part 1; Chapter 1 Introduction and Background; Chapter 2 Social Anthropology and Some Other Sciences of Man; Chapter 3 What Social Anthropologists Study: the Need for Theory; Chapter 4 Explanation in Social Anthropology: Social Function and Social Structure; Chapter 5 Beliefs and Values; Chapter 6 Fieldwork; Part 2; Chapter 7 Kinship; Chapter 8 Marriage and Affinity; Chapter 9 Social Control: Political Organization; Chapter 10 Social Control: Law and Social Sanctions; Chapter 11 Economic and Property Relations; Chapter 12 The Field of Ritual: Magic; Chapter 13 The Field of Ritual: Religion; Chapter 14 Social Change; Chapter 15; Conclusion and Assessment;

O autorze

John Beattie