When it was first published, What Is Anthropology? immediately ignited the discipline, proving how anthropology can be a revolutionary way of thinking about the modern human world. In this fully updated second edition, Thomas Hylland Eriksen brings together examples from current events as well as within anthropological research in order to explain how to see the world from below and from within--emphasizing the importance of adopting an insider's perspective.
The first section of the book presents the history of anthropology, and the second discusses core issues in greater detail,...

When it was first published, What Is Anthropology? immediately ignited the discipline, proving how anthropology can be a revolutionary way of thinking about the modern human world. In this fully updated second edition, Thomas Hylland Eriksen brings together examples from current events as well as within anthropological research in order to explain how to see the world from below and from within--emphasizing the importance of adopting an insider's perspective.

The first section of the book presents the history of anthropology, and the second discusses core issues in greater detail,...

An anthropological study of a community 'marinated' in fossil fuels, fraught by ambivalence and conflict.

An anthropological study of a community 'marinated' in fossil fuels, fraught by ambivalence and conflict.

How different mining industries across the world affect landscapes, people and politics.