Social Anthropology

ISBN-13: 9780415850704 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 144 str.

Evans-Pritchard, E.E.

Opis

Social Anthropology explains and illustrates the methods of modern anthropology, tracing its development from pre-nineteenth-century philosophical speculations and the empirical work of explorers, missionaries and colonial servants, up to the second half of the twentieth century.
First published in 1951.

Recenzje

'The book defines the scope of the subject and illustrates the kind of field studies that constitute an important part of present day anthropological investigation.' - British Journal of Sociology

'These lectures can be strongly recommended to all those interested in the subject.' - Times Literary Supplement

Spis treści

Chapter I The Scope of the Subject; Chapter II Theoretical Beginnings; Chapter III Later Theoretical Developments; Chapter IV Fieldwork and the Empirical Tradition; Chapter V Modern Anthropological Studies; Chapter VI Applied Anthropology;

O autorze

E E Evans-Pritchard