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Landmarks: Reflections on Anthropology
Andrew Strathern
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Description for Landmarks: Reflections on Anthropology
Paperback. Addresses a wide range of questions relevant to the history of anthropology and its importance for contemporary issues. Drawing on his own research, Strathern advances the call for holistic models of human behaviour which reconceptualise the relationship between body and mind. Num Pages: 184 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; 1QSP; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Landmarks addresses a wide range of questions relevant to the recent history of anthropology and its importance to contemporary issues. These questions include the significance of anthropology for Third World studies; the debate on whether anthropology is a scientific or a humanistic subject; anthropology as a means of reflecting on ourselves as well as others; and the criticisms of anthropological work that have emerged out of postmodernism. Drawing on his research findings in Papua New Guinea since 1964, and his more recent work on the cross-cultural study of medicine, the author examines the extent to which we can achieve understanding ... Read more
Landmarks addresses a wide range of questions relevant to the recent history of anthropology and its importance to contemporary issues. These questions include the significance of anthropology for Third World studies; the debate on whether anthropology is a scientific or a humanistic subject; anthropology as a means of reflecting on ourselves as well as others; and the criticisms of anthropological work that have emerged out of postmodernism. Drawing on his research findings in Papua New Guinea since 1964, and his more recent work on the cross-cultural study of medicine, the author examines the extent to which we can achieve understanding ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Kent State Univ Pr
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Kent, OH, United States
ISBN
9780873384797
SKU
V9780873384797
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