Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Preface
- 1 Visions of anthropology
- 2 Precursors of the anthropological tradition
- 3 Changing perspectives on evolution
- 4 Diffusionist and culture-area theories
- 5 Functionalism and structural-functionalism
- 6 Action-centred, processual, and Marxist perspectives
- 7 From relativism to cognitive science
- 8 Structuralism, from linguistics to anthropology
- 9 Poststructuralists, feminists, and (other) mavericks
- 10 Interpretive and postmodernist approaches
- 11 Conclusions
- Appendix 1 Dates of birth and death of individuals mentioned in the text
- Appendix 2 Glossary
- References
- Index
Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Preface
- 1 Visions of anthropology
- 2 Precursors of the anthropological tradition
- 3 Changing perspectives on evolution
- 4 Diffusionist and culture-area theories
- 5 Functionalism and structural-functionalism
- 6 Action-centred, processual, and Marxist perspectives
- 7 From relativism to cognitive science
- 8 Structuralism, from linguistics to anthropology
- 9 Poststructuralists, feminists, and (other) mavericks
- 10 Interpretive and postmodernist approaches
- 11 Conclusions
- Appendix 1 Dates of birth and death of individuals mentioned in the text
- Appendix 2 Glossary
- References
- Index
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- History and Theory in Anthropology , pp. 236 - 243Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000