Autorentext

Thomas Hylland Eriksen (1962 2024) was Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo and former President of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA). He was among the most highly cited anthropologists of his generation, and his classic and accessible textbook Small Places, Large Issues remains a cornerstone in anthropology courses. His later books, including Overheating, tackled the important issue of climate change within the discipline.

Finn Sivert Nielsen worked in the anthropology departments at the University of Tromso and the University of Copenhagen. He is a contributor to A History of Anthropology (Pluto, 2013).

Klappentext

This is a thoroughly updated and revised edition of a popular classic of modern anthropology. The authors provide summaries of 'Enlightenment', 'Romantic' and 'Victorian' anthropology, from the cultural theories of Morgan and Taylor to the often neglected contributions of German scholars. The ambiguous relationship between anthropology and national cultures is also considered. The book provides an unparalleled account of theoretical developments in anthropology from the 1920s to the present, including functionalism, structuralism, hermeneutics, neo-Marxism and discourse analysis. There are brief biographies of major anthropologists and coverage of key debates including totemism, kinship and globalisation. This essential text on anthropology is highly engaging, authoritative and suitable for students at all levels.

Zusammenfassung
Thoroughly updated and revised edition of a popular classic of modern anthropology.

Inhalt

Series preface Preface 1 - Proto-Anthropology 2 - Victorians, Germans and a Frenchman 3 - Four Founding Fathers 4 - Expansion and Institutionalisation 5 - Forms of Change 6 - The Power of Symbols 7 - Questioning Authority 8 - The End of Modernism? 9 - Global Networks Bibliography Index