The Ceremonial Animal
A New Portrait of Anthropology
Adapting Wittgenstein's concept of the human species as 'a ceremonial animal', Wendy James writes vividly and readably. Her new overview advocates a clear line of argument: that the concept of social form is a primary key to anthropology and the human sciences as a whole. Weaving memorable ethnographic examples into her text, James brings together carefully selected historical sources as well as references to current ideas in neighbouring disciplines such as archaeology, paleoanthropology, genetics, art and material culture, ethnomusicology, urban and development studies, politics, economics, psychology, and religious studies. She shows the r…
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- ISBN: 978-0-19-926334-9
- EAN: 9780199263349
- Produktnummer: 22663707
- Verlag: OUP Oxford
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 410 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D2.2 cm 620 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 620
Über den Autor
President, Royal Anthropological Institute, 2001-; Vice-President, British Institute in Eastern Africa, 2001-; appointed Fellow of the British Academy 1999;Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Oxford 1996-; Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford.
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