Primitive Social Organization
Author: Elman Rogers Service
Publisher: New York : Random House
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 250
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Elman Rogers Service
Publisher: New York : Random House
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 250
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Adam Kuper
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2017-02-17
Total Pages: 237
ISBN-13: 1351852973
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Adam Kuper’s iconoclastic intellectual history argues that the idea of “primitive society” is a western myth. The “primitive” is imagined as the opposite of the “civilised”. But this is a protean myth. As ideas about civilisation change, so the image of primitive society must be adjusted. By way of fascinating account of classic texts in anthropology, ancient history and law, Kuper reveals how this myth underpinned academic research and inspired political programmes. Its ancestry is traced back to classical western beliefs about barbarians and savages, and Kuper also tackles the latest version of the myth, the idea of a global identity of “indigenous peoples”. The Reinvention of Primitive Society is a key text in the history of anthropology, and will interest anyone who has puzzled about the very idea of “primitive society” – and so, by implication, about “civilisation”.
Author: A. R. Radcliffe-Brown
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2022-10-27
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781015797826
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Adam Kuper
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780415009034
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Both a critical history of anthropological theory and methods and a challenging essay in the sociology of science, The Invention of Primitive Society shows how anthropologists have tried to define the original form of human society.
Author: C.R.Hallpike
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2011-08-12
Total Pages: 451
ISBN-13: 1456783793
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Political correctness in social anthropology has made the terms primitive society, social evolution and even human nature unacceptable, and removed the possibility of open academic debate about them. Written from the perspective of a lifetimes research, this collection of papers takes a hard look at these taboos, and challenges some fundamental assumptions of post-modern thinking. Including some new material on memetics, evolutionary psychology and Darwinian theory in the social sciences, this collection provides a long-overdue assessment of some key topics in modern anthropology.
Author: Raymond Firth
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 1981-02-18
Total Pages: 296
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In Poe and the Printed Word Kevin Hayes reappraises the work of Edgar Allan Poe in the context of nineteenth-century print culture. Hayes examines how publishing opportunities of the time shaped Poe's development as a writer and explores the different methods of publication he employed as a showcase for his verse, criticism and fiction. Beginning with Poe's early exposure to the printed word, and ending with the ambitious magazine and book projects of his final years, this study is part biography, part literary history and part history of the book.