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The Scope of Anthropology
eBook - Maurice Godelier's Work in Context, Methodology & History in Anthropology
ISBN/EAN: 9780857453327
Umbreit-Nr.: 1999063
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 296 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 01.04.2012
Auflage: 1/2012
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <p> Some of the most prominent social and cultural anthropologists have come together in this volume to discuss Maurice Godeliers work. They explore and revisit some of the highly complex practices and structures social scientists encounter in their fieldwork. From the natureculture debate to the fabrication of hereditary political systems, from transforming gender relations to the problems of the Christianization of indigenous peoples, these chapters demonstrate both the diversity of anthropological topics and the opportunity for constructive dialogue around shared methodological and theoretical models.</p>
- Kurztext
- Some of the most prominent social and cultural anthropologists have come together in this volume to discuss Maurice Godelier's work. They explore and revisit some of the highly complex practices and structures social scientists encounter in their fieldwork. From the nature-culture debate to the fabrication of hereditary political systems, from transforming gender relations to the problems of the Christianization of indigenous peoples, these chapters demonstrate both the diversity of anthropological topics and the opportunity for constructive dialogue around shared methodological and theoretical models.
- Autorenportrait
- <p><strong>Laurent Dousset</strong> is Associate Professor at the School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS) and is former Director of the CREDO (Centre for Research and Documentation on Oceania) in Marseilles. He has done research in Aboriginal Australia and in Vanuatu and has also developed several IT knowledge systems for the social sciences.</p>