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Visions of culture: an introduction to anthropological theories and theorists

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Rowman & Littlefield 2019 LanhamEdition: 5thDescription: xi, 381 p.: ill. Includes references and indexISBN:
  • 9781442266650
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 301 M6V4-2019
Summary: Visions of Culture: An Introduction to Anthropological Theories and Theorists, Fifth Edition, has been updated and expanded and provides a succinct, clear, and balanced introduction to theoretical developments in the field. The key ideas of thirty major theorists are briefly described and- unique to this textbook- linked to the biographical and fieldwork experiences that helped shape their theories. The impact of each scholar on contemporary anthropology is presented, along with numerous examples, quotations from the theorists' writings, and a description of the broader intellectual setting in which these anthropologists worked. In addition to six new chapters, Moore has updated all the profiles to incorporate recent scholarship. The book is linked to the companion work, Visions of Culture: A Reader, Second Edition, to encourage the fullest intellectual engagement for students. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781442266650/Visions-of-Culture-An-Introduction-to-Anthropological-Theories-and-Theorists-Fifth-Edition
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Table of contents

Introduction: What’s the Point?
Part I: Founders
Part II: The Nature of Culture
Part III: The Nature of Society
Part IV: Evolutionary, Adaptationist, and Materialist Theories
Part V: Structures, Symbols, and Meaning
PART VI: Structures, Practice, Agency, Power
Part VII: Neo-Darwinian Evolutionary Theories
Part VIII: The Ontological Turn
Postscript: Current Controversies
Index

Visions of Culture: An Introduction to Anthropological Theories and Theorists, Fifth Edition, has been updated and expanded and provides a succinct, clear, and balanced introduction to theoretical developments in the field. The key ideas of thirty major theorists are briefly described and- unique to this textbook- linked to the biographical and fieldwork experiences that helped shape their theories. The impact of each scholar on contemporary anthropology is presented, along with numerous examples, quotations from the theorists' writings, and a description of the broader intellectual setting in which these anthropologists worked. In addition to six new chapters, Moore has updated all the profiles to incorporate recent scholarship. The book is linked to the companion work, Visions of Culture: A Reader, Second Edition, to encourage the fullest intellectual engagement for students.

https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781442266650/Visions-of-Culture-An-Introduction-to-Anthropological-Theories-and-Theorists-Fifth-Edition

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