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A Practice of Anthropology: The Thought and Influence of Marshall Sahlins
Alex Golub
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Paperback. Eminent anthropologists explore the nature of culture in essays honoring a colleague and teacher. Num Pages: 315 pages, 4 photos, 3 maps, 3 diagrams, 1 table. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 480.
Marshall Sahlins (b. 1930) is an American anthropologist who played a major role in the development of anthropological theory in the second half of the twentieth century. Over a sixty-year career, he and his colleagues synthesized trends in evolutionary, Marxist, and ecological anthropology, moving them into mainstream thought. Sahlins is considered a critic of reductive theories of human nature, an exponent of culture as a key concept in anthropology, and a politically engaged intellectual opposed to militarism and imperialism. This collection brings together some of the world's most distinguished anthropologists to explore and advance Sahlins's legacy. All of the ... Read more
Marshall Sahlins (b. 1930) is an American anthropologist who played a major role in the development of anthropological theory in the second half of the twentieth century. Over a sixty-year career, he and his colleagues synthesized trends in evolutionary, Marxist, and ecological anthropology, moving them into mainstream thought. Sahlins is considered a critic of reductive theories of human nature, an exponent of culture as a key concept in anthropology, and a politically engaged intellectual opposed to militarism and imperialism. This collection brings together some of the world's most distinguished anthropologists to explore and advance Sahlins's legacy. All of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
McGill-Queen´s University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
479 g
Number of Pages
315
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773546899
SKU
V9780773546899
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About Alex Golub
Alex Golub is associate professor of anthropology at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa. Daniel Rosenblatt is assistant professor of anthropology at Carleton University. John D. Kelly is professor of anthropology at the University of Chicago.
Reviews for A Practice of Anthropology: The Thought and Influence of Marshall Sahlins
Responding to a decades-long career, this unique festschrift both honors and advances our understanding of one of sociocultural anthropology's most influential and substantively important practitioners. - Rena Lederman, Princeton University