Description |
1 online resource (xlii, 372 pages). |
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text file |
Series |
Suny series, Pangaea II. Global/local studies
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SUNY series, Pangaea II.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction : making contact and mapping the terrain / Johann P. Arnason -- Mauss revisited : the birth of civilizational analysis from the spirit of anthropology / Johann P. Arnason -- Approaching civilization from an anthropological perspective : the complexities of Norbert Elias / Hans Peter Hahn -- Civilizational analysis and archaeology : prospects for collaboration / Yulia Prozorova -- The use and abuse of civilization : an assessment from historical anthropology for South Arabia's history / Andre Gingrich -- Civilization as a key guiding idea in South Asia / David N. Gellner -- Indian imbroglios : Bhakti neglected; or, The missed opportunities for a new approach to a comparative analysis of civilizational diversity / Martin Fuchs -- The Indianization and localization of textual imaginaries : Theravada Buddhist statecraft in mainland Southeast Asia and Laos in the context of civilizational analysis / Patrice Ladwig -- Frontier as civilization? : sociocultural dynamics in the uplands of Southeast Asia / Oliver Tappe -- Anthropology, civilizational analysis, and the Malay world / Joel S. Kahn -- Chinese civilization in comparative perspective : some markers / Stephan Feuchtwang -- Technological choices and modern material civilization : reflections on everyday toilet practices in rural South China / Gonçalo Santos -- Theoretical paradigm or methodological heuristic? : reflections on Kulturkreislehre with reference to China / Yang Shengmin and Wu Xiujie -- Nomads and the theory of civilizations / Nikolay N. Kradin -- The "orthodox", "Eurasian", or "Russian orthodox" civilization? / Milena Benovska-Sabkova -- Afterword : anthropology, Eurasia and global history / Chris Hann. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Ethnohistory.
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Ethnohistory. |
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Historical sociology.
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Historical sociology. |
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Comparative civilization.
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Comparative civilization. |
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Civilization -- Philosophy.
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Civilization -- Philosophy. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Árnason, Jóhann Páll, 1940- editor.
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Hann, C. M., 1953- editor.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Anthropology and civilizational analysis. Albany : State University of New York, 2018 9781438469393 (DLC) 2017024530 |
ISBN |
9781438469416 electronic book |
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1438469411 electronic book |
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9781438469393 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
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