Engaging anthropological theory : a social and political history / Mark Moberg.
"The updated third edition of this book scrutinizes anew the history of anthropological theory. Covering key concepts and theorists in a lively style, Engaging Anthropological Theory examines the historical context of anthropological ideas and the contested nature of anthropology itself. The bo...
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New York, NY ; Abingdon, Oxon :
Routledge,
2025.
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Of politics and paradigms
- Claims and critiques of anthropological knowledge
- Anthropology before anthropologists
- Theory and practice to change the world
- Heirs to order and progress
- Spencer, Darwin, and evolutionary tales for our time
- The Boasian revolution
- Culture and psychology
- Functionalism, the pure and the hyphenated
- Anti-structure and the collapse of empire
- Evolution redux
- Contemporary materialist and ecological approaches
- Symbols, structures, and the "web of significance"
- Postmodern political economy and sensibilities
- The contemporary anthropological moment.