ISBN:
0203003527
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9780203003527
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xii, 272 pages)
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1 map
Edition:
2nd ed.
Parallel Title:
Print version Reinvention of primitive society
DDC:
305.8009
Keywords:
Ethnology History
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Primitive societies
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Ethnology History
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Primitive societies
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Ethnology History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
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Ethnology
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Primitive societies
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History
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Electronic books History
Abstract:
Part PART 1 The idea of primit ive society -- chapter 1 The myth of primitive society -- chapter 2 Barbarian, savage, primitive -- part PART I I Ancient law, ancient society and totemism -- chapter 3 Henry Maine's patriarchal theory -- chapter 4 Lewis Henry Morgan and Ancient Society -- chapter 5 The question of totemism -- part PART I II Evolut ion and di f fus ion: Boas, Rivers and Radcl i f fe-Brown -- chapter 6 The Boasians and the critique of evolutionism -- chapter 7 From Rivers to Radcliffe-Brown -- part PART IV Descent and al l iance -- chapter 8 Descent theory: a phoenix from the ashes -- chapter 9 Towards the intellect -- part Part V Back to the beginning -- chapter 10 The return of the native -- chapter 11 Conclusion.
Abstract:
The Invention of Primitive Society, Adam Kuper's best selling critique of ideas about the origins of society and religion that have been much debated since Darwin, has been hugely influential in anthropology and post-colonial studies. This topical new edition, entitled The Reinvention of Primitive Society, has been thoroughly revised and updated to take account of new research in the field. It coincides with a revival of the myth of primitive society by the 'indigenous peoples' movement', which taps into a widespread popular belief about the noble savage and
Note:
Revised edition of: The invention of primitive society. - Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-264) and index. - Print version record
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Rev. ed. of: The invention of primitive society
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