ISBN:
9780415021371
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (1162 p.)
Parallel Title:
Print version Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology : Humanity, Culture and Social Life
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
New in paperback, this Companion provides a unique survey of contemporary thinking in biological, social and cultural anthropology. A prestigious editor leads an international team of acknowledged experts in each field
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; General introduction; The contributors; HUMANITY; Introduction to humanity; Humanity and animality; The evolution of early hominids; Human evolution: the last one million years; The origins and evolution of language; Tools and tool behaviour; Niche construction, evolution and culture; Modes of subsistence: hunting and gathering to agriculture and pastoralism; The diet and nutrition of human populations; Demographic expansion: causes and consequences; Disease and the destruction of indigenous populations; CULTURE; Introduction to culture
Description / Table of Contents:
Why animals have neither culture nor historySymbolism: the foundation of culture; Artefacts and the meaning of things; Technology; Spatial organization and the built environment; Perceptions of time; Aspects of literacy; Magic, religion and the rationality of belief; Myth and metaphor; Ritual and performance; The anthropology of art; Music and dance; The politics of culture: ethnicity and nationalism; SOCIAL LIFE; Introduction to social life; Sociality among humans and non-human animals; Rules and prohibitions: the form and content of human kinship; Understanding sex and gender
Description / Table of Contents:
Socialization, enculturation and the development of personal identitySocial aspects of language use; Work, the division of labour and co-operation; Exchange and reciprocity; Political domination and social evolution; Law and dispute processes; Collective violence and common security; Inequality and equality; The nation state, colonial expansion and the contemporary world order; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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