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What is anthropology?

Title
What is anthropology? / Thomas Hylland Eriksen.
Author
Eriksen, Thomas Hylland.
Publication
London ; Ann Arbor, MI : Pluto Press, 2004.

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Description
180 pages; 22 cm
Summary
Eriksen shows how anthropology is a revolutionary way of thinking about the human world. He explains how to see the world from below and from within, emphasising the importance of adopting an insider's perspective. He reveals how seemingly enormous cultural differences actually conceal the deep unity of humanity.
Series Statement
Anthropology, culture, and society
Uniform Title
Anthropology, culture, and society.
Subject
  • Anthropology
  • Anthropology
  • anthropology
  • 73.02 philosophy and theory of ethnology
  • Methodologie
  • Sozialanthropologie
  • Culturele antropologie
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-173) and index.
Contents
Why Anthropology? -- The key Concepts -- Fieldwork -- Theories -- Reciprocity -- Kinship -- Nature -- Thought -- Identification -- Index.
ISBN
  • 0745323200
  • 9780745323206
  • 0745323197
  • 9780745323190
LCCN
2004275918
OCLC
  • ocm56639864
  • 56639864
  • SCSB-1416627
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library