
A History of Anthropological Theory, Fifth Edition
University of Toronto Press
5th Edition
Published on 21. October 2016
Book
Hardback
277 pages
978-1-4426-3684-2 (ISBN)
Description
The fifth edition of this bestselling theory text has been revised throughout, with substantial updates, including more on gender and sexuality, and with a new section on Anthropologies of the Digital Age. Keyword definitions have been reinstated in the margins, and biographical information on theorists has been enhanced to build stronger context for readers. On its own or used with the companion volume, Readings for a History of Anthropological Theory, this text provides comprehensive coverage in a flexible and easy-to-use format for teaching in the undergraduate anthropology classroom.
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Edition
5th New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 203 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
840 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4426-3684-2 (9781442636842)
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Persons
Paul A. Erickson is a past professor in the Department of Anthropology at Saint Mary's University.
Liam D. Murphy is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at California State University, Sacramento.
Liam D. Murphy is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at California State University, Sacramento.
Content
List of Figures
Preface
Timeline
Introduction
Part One: The Early History of Anthropological Theory
Anthropology in Antiquity
The Middle Ages
The Renaissance
Voyages of Geographical Discovery
The Scientific Revolution
The Enlightenment
The Rise of Positivism
Marxism
Classical Cultural Evolutionism
Evolutionism versus Diffusionism
Archaeology Comes of Age
Charles Darwin and Darwinism
Sigmund Freud
Emile Durkheim
Max Weber
Ferdinand de Saussure
Part Two: The Earlier Twentieth Century
American Cultural Anthropology
Franz Boas
Robert Lowie and Alfred Louis Kroeber
Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict
The Development of Psychological Anthropology
French Structural Anthropology
Marcel Mauss
Claude Levi-Strauss
Edmund Leach and Mary Douglas
Latter-Day Structuralists
Structural Marxists
Marshall Sahlins
The Legacy of French Structural Anthropology
British Social Anthropology
A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
Bronislaw Malinowski
E.E. Evans-Pritchard
Max Gluckman and the "Manchester School"
The Legacy of British Social Anthropology
Part Three: The Later Twentieth Century
Cognitive Anthropology
Edward Sapir
Ethnoscience and the "New Ethnography"
Cultural Neo-evolutionism
Leslie White
Julian Steward
Marshall Sahlins and Elman Service
The New Archaeology
Cultural Materialism
Marvin Harris
Nature versus Nurture
Biology of Behaviour
The New Physical Anthropology
Ethology and Behavioural Genetics
Sociobiology
Symbolic and Interpretive Anthropology
Victor Turner and Symbolic Anthropology
Clifford Geertz and Interpretive Anthropology
Post-processual Archaeology
The Influence of Symbolic and Interpretive Approaches
Transactionalism
Fredrik Barth
Anthropology and Gender
Feminism and Its Effects
Culture and Sexualities
Political Economy
Marx and the World System
Sins of the Fathers
Ideology, Culture, and Power
Postcolonialism
Postmodernity
Paul Feyerabend
Michel Foucault
Pierre Bourdieu
Anthropology as Text
Medical Anthropology
Part Four: The Early Twenty-First Century
Globalization
Public Anthropology
World Traditions in Anthropology
The English Language and Anglo-American Hegemony
"Other" Anthropologies
Anthropologies of the Digital Age
Conclusion
Forgetting the Past
Agreeing to Disagree
"-isms" in Schism
History of the Future
Beyond "One Dead Guy a Week"
Study Questions
Glossary
Sources and Suggested Reading
Index
Preface
Timeline
Introduction
Part One: The Early History of Anthropological Theory
Anthropology in Antiquity
The Middle Ages
The Renaissance
Voyages of Geographical Discovery
The Scientific Revolution
The Enlightenment
The Rise of Positivism
Marxism
Classical Cultural Evolutionism
Evolutionism versus Diffusionism
Archaeology Comes of Age
Charles Darwin and Darwinism
Sigmund Freud
Emile Durkheim
Max Weber
Ferdinand de Saussure
Part Two: The Earlier Twentieth Century
American Cultural Anthropology
Franz Boas
Robert Lowie and Alfred Louis Kroeber
Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict
The Development of Psychological Anthropology
French Structural Anthropology
Marcel Mauss
Claude Levi-Strauss
Edmund Leach and Mary Douglas
Latter-Day Structuralists
Structural Marxists
Marshall Sahlins
The Legacy of French Structural Anthropology
British Social Anthropology
A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
Bronislaw Malinowski
E.E. Evans-Pritchard
Max Gluckman and the "Manchester School"
The Legacy of British Social Anthropology
Part Three: The Later Twentieth Century
Cognitive Anthropology
Edward Sapir
Ethnoscience and the "New Ethnography"
Cultural Neo-evolutionism
Leslie White
Julian Steward
Marshall Sahlins and Elman Service
The New Archaeology
Cultural Materialism
Marvin Harris
Nature versus Nurture
Biology of Behaviour
The New Physical Anthropology
Ethology and Behavioural Genetics
Sociobiology
Symbolic and Interpretive Anthropology
Victor Turner and Symbolic Anthropology
Clifford Geertz and Interpretive Anthropology
Post-processual Archaeology
The Influence of Symbolic and Interpretive Approaches
Transactionalism
Fredrik Barth
Anthropology and Gender
Feminism and Its Effects
Culture and Sexualities
Political Economy
Marx and the World System
Sins of the Fathers
Ideology, Culture, and Power
Postcolonialism
Postmodernity
Paul Feyerabend
Michel Foucault
Pierre Bourdieu
Anthropology as Text
Medical Anthropology
Part Four: The Early Twenty-First Century
Globalization
Public Anthropology
World Traditions in Anthropology
The English Language and Anglo-American Hegemony
"Other" Anthropologies
Anthropologies of the Digital Age
Conclusion
Forgetting the Past
Agreeing to Disagree
"-isms" in Schism
History of the Future
Beyond "One Dead Guy a Week"
Study Questions
Glossary
Sources and Suggested Reading
Index