Foundations of Anthropological Theory: From Classical Antiquity to Early Modern Europe
Robert Launay
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Paperback. Foundations of Anthropological Theory presents a selection of key texts that reflect the broad range of anthropological thought on human behavior, from Herodotus and Ibn Battuta to Adam Smith and Adam Ferguson. Editor(s): Launay, Robert. Series: Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 312 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 171 x 17. Weight in Grams: 556.
Foundations of Anthropological Theory presents a selection of key texts that reflect the broad range of anthropological thought on human behavior, from Herodotus and Ibn Battuta to Adam Smith and Adam Ferguson.
Foundations of Anthropological Theory presents a selection of key texts that reflect the broad range of anthropological thought on human behavior, from Herodotus and Ibn Battuta to Adam Smith and Adam Ferguson.
- Enables the reader to situate the modern discipline of anthropology within the larger context of intellectual history
- Features key texts from the ancient and medieval worlds through to the Enlightenment
- Considers the presumptive rights of Europeans to judge the inherent moral worth of non-Western civilizations
- Provides fascinating insights into the ways historians, philosophers, missionaries, and even writers of fiction have made valuable contributions to modern anthropological inquiry
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Series
Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405187756
SKU
V9781405187756
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About Robert Launay
Robert Launay is Professor of Anthropology at Northwestern University. He is the author of Traders Without Trade: Responses to Change in Two Dyula Communities, Beyond the Stream: Islam and Society in a West African Town, which won the Amaury Talbot Prize, and numerous articles on the anthropology of Islam and Muslim societies in West Africa. He has written extensively on ... Read more
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