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Author Llobera, Josep R., author.

Title An invitation to anthropology the structure, evolution, and cultural identity of human societies / Josep R. Llobera.

Publication Info. New York : Berghahn Books, 2007.

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 262 pages)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction; Aims; Bibliography MODULE 1 ; The scope and method of anthropology Introduction; Aims Definitions The sub-disciplines of anthropology The concept of culture Ethnography The uses of history in anthropology Sociology and social/cultural anthropology The historical and comparative method Fads and foibles of anthropology Summary; Essay questions; Test questions; Bibliography; Answers to test questions MODULE 2 ; Conceptual and institutional overview Introduction; Aims Economics Kinship Person,
Self and individual Religion Summary; Essay questions; Test questions; Bibliography; Answers to test questions MODULE 3 ; The evolution and structure of human societies Introduction; Aims Darwin's theory of evolution The human legacy: adapted mind or adaptable mind? The study of humanity: assumptions, theories and typologies Hunting and gathering, horticultural and pastoral societies Agrarian societies Industrial societies: the making of the mpdern world Summary; Essay questions; Test questions; Bibliography; Answers to test questions MODULE 4 ; The politics of cultural identity: nationalism, ethnicity,
Race and multiculturalism Introduction; Aims Definitions Nations and nationalism Ethnicity Race The politics of multiculturalism Summary; Essay questions; Test questions; Bibliography; Answers to test questions EPILOGUE ; Anthropology and the contemporary world The anthropology of Europe The process of cultural globalisation Looking at the future: a clash of civilisations? Bibliography; Index
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Subject Anthropology.
anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Anthropology
Other Form: Print version: Llobera, Josep R. Invitation to anthropology the structure, evolution, and cultural identity of human societies. Nueva York (Estados Unidos) : Berghahn Books, 2007 157181597X (OCoLC)881001133
ISBN 9781782387503 (electronic bk.)
1782387501 (electronic bk.)
157181597X
9781571815972