The Savage Within: The Social History of British Anthropology, 1885-1945

ISBN-13: 9780521411097 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 340 str.

Henrika Kuklick

Opis

Considering the anthropological ideas of Britain between 1885 and 1945, this book explores the relationship between social scientific ideas and behaviour. Professor Kuklick shows how the descriptions British anthropologists produced about the peoples of exotic culture can be translated into commentaries on their own society. Read as such, the anthropology of the period covered by the book represents an appeal for a society that rewards individuals on the basis of talent and achievement, not inherited status.

Recenzje

"For programmatic crises de coeur and jargonized intuitions, Kuklick has substituted a methodologically aware, finely tuned study of historical evidence. This work deserves a smooth passage into postgraduate reading lists wherever they mention Kuhn and the strange ways of 'science.'" Gerhard Baumann, Journal of Anthropological Research

Spis treści

1. Through the looking glass; 2. Scholars and practical men; 3. Civilization and its satisfactions; 4. The savage within; 5. The colonial exchange; 6. Of councillors and kings; 7. The politics of perception; Appendices.