ISBN:
9780802099167
,
9780802096128
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (1 electronic text (xiv, 301 p.))
,
digital file
Edition:
2nd ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Also available in print version
Parallel Title:
Print version Anthropology
DDC:
301.01
Keywords:
Anthropology Methodology
;
Anthropology Philosophy
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Barrett shows that, in recent decades, a serious gap has emerged between theory and method - a gap that will untilately have to be addressed by today's students
Abstract:
The second edition of Anthropology adds important new material on questions of culture versus power, Max Weber's thought, the potential of applied anthropology, and the rise of public anthropology, while briefly touching on the anthropology of globalization
Description / Table of Contents:
Unleashing the anthropologist : a historical overviewpt. 1. Building the discipline -- Theory -- Method -- pt. 2. Patching the foundation -- Theory -- Method -- pt. 3. Demolition and reconstruction -- Theory -- Method -- pt. 4. Analysis and interpretation -- The last frontier : how to analyse qualitative data -- Taming the anthropologist : the world ahead.
Note:
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-294) and index
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Also available in print version.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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