Engaging anthropological theory : a social and political history / Mark Moberg.

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Main Author:	Moberg, Mark, 1959-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, ©2013.
Subjects:	Anthropology > Philosophy. Anthropology > History. Anthropology > Methodology.

Table of Contents:

Of politics and paradigms
Claims and critiques of anthropological knowledge
The prehistory of anthropology
Marx
Durkheim and Weber
Spencer, Darwin, and an evolutionary parable for our time
Boas and the demise of cultural evolution
Culture and psychology
Structure and function
Decolonization and anti-structure
Ecological and neo-evolutionary approaches
Contemporary materialist and ecological approaches
Symbols, structures, and the "web of significance"
Postmodern political economy and sensibilities
The contemporary anthropological moment.