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  • Of Relations and the Dead

    Four Societies Viewed from the Angle of Their Exchanges

    Edited by Cecile Barraud, Daniel de Coppet, Andre Iteanu, Raymond Jamous ...
    Series series Explorations in Anthropology
    Exchanges are fundamental to human societies. The authors show that the study of exchanges not only serves as a key to understanding particular societies as totalities but also helps to frame a comparative mode of analysis expressed in terms of a hierarchy of values. Starting with a comparative analysis of the different vocabularies used when dealing with exchange, the authors go on to provide a ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Cosmos and Society in Oceania

    Edited by Daniel de Coppet, Andre Iteanu ...
    Series series Explorations in Anthropology
    Current anthropology uses expressions such as 'society as a whole', 'socio-cosmic relations', 'spatiotemporal extension', 'global ideology', and 'cosmomorphy' to establish that the clear-cut Western dichotomy between society and cosmos is not always to be found in the communities it studies. In fact, many elements that the West would at first undoubtedly classify as belonging either to the cosmos ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Understanding Rituals

    Edited by Daniel de Coppet ...
    Series series European Association of Social Anthropologists
    Understanding Rituals explores how ritual can be understood within the framework of contemporary social anthropology, and shows that ritual is now one of the most fertile fields of anthropological research. The contributors demonstrate how rituals create and maintain - or transform - a society's cultural identity and social relations. By examining specific rituals from various theoretical ... Read more

    $69.99 USD

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  • Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion

    Edited by Michael Banton ...
    As the basic questions of social structure were elucidated there came a quickening of interest among social anthropologists in the study of religion. Chapters in this book include: · Religion as a Cultural System (Clifford Geertz) · Colour Classification in Ndembu Religion (Victor W. Turner) · Religion: Problems of Definition and Explanation (Melford E. Spiro) · Fathers, Elders and Ghosts in Edo ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • The Interpretation of Cultures

    by Clifford Geertz ...
    A classic work of anthropology that offers a groundbreaking exploration of what culture isNamed one of the 100 most important books published since World War II by the Times Literary Supplement“As an anthropologist, philosopher, political scientist, literary critic, and all-around, all-star intellectual, Clifford Geertz helped a vast public make sense of the human condition.” —Robert Darnton, New ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • Purity and Danger

    An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo

    by Professor Mary Douglas ...
    Series series Routledge Classics
    In Purity and Danger Mary Douglas identifies the concern for purity as a key theme at the heart of every society. In lively and lucid prose she explains its relevance for every reader by revealing its wide-ranging impact on our attitudes to society, values, cosmology and knowledge. The book has been hugely influential in many areas of debate - from religion to social theory. But perhaps its most ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Beyond Nature and Culture

    by Philippe Descola ...
    Translated by Janet Lloyd ...
    "Gives to anthropological reflection a new starting point and will become the compulsory reference for all our debates in the years to come." —Claude Lévi-Strauss, on the French editionBeyond Nature and Culture has been a major influence in European intellectual life since its French publication in 2005. Here, finally, it is brought to English-language readers. At its heart is a question central ... Read more

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  • Animism in Southeast Asia

    Edited by Kaj Arhem, Guido Sprenger ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
    Animism refers to ontologies or worldviews which assign agency and personhood to human and non-human beings alike. Recent years have seen a revival of this concept in anthropology, where it is now discussed as an alternative to modern-Western naturalistic notions of human-environment relations.Based on original fieldwork, this book presents a number of case studies of animism from insular and ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • On Murder, Mourning and Melancholia

    by Sigmund Freud ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    These works were written against a background of war and racism. Freud sought the sources of conflict in the deepest memories of humankind, finding clear continuities between our 'primitive' past and 'civilized' modernity. In Totem and Taboo he explores institutions of tribal life, tracing analogies between the rites of hunter-gatherers and the obsessions of urban-dwellers, while Mourning and ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Local Knowledge

    Further Essays In Interpretive Anthropology

    by Clifford Geertz ...
    From the preeminent anthropologist, a landmark exploration of how culture shapes human society“Shrewd and often illuminating."—New York TimesOver his storied career, Clifford Geertz pioneered ground-breaking approaches to anthropology, arguing that interpreting and analyzing cultural symbols was central to understanding a wide range of societies. In Local Knowledge, he revisits and expands the ... Read more

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  • Symbols (Routledge Revivals)

    Public and Private

    by Raymond Firth ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    This book first published in 1973 offers a broad survey of the study of symbolic ideas and behaviour.The study of symbolism is popular nowadays and anthropologists have made substantial contributions to it. Raymond Firth has long been internationally known for his field research in the Solomons and Malaysia, and for his theoretical work on kinship, economics and religion. Here from a new angle, he ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • The Ritual Process

    Structure and Anti-Structure

    by Victor Turner, Alfred Harris, Roger Abrahams ...
    In The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure, Victor Turner examines rituals of the Ndembu in Zambia and develops his now-famous concept of "Communitas." He characterizes it as an absolute inter-human relation beyond any form of structure.The Ritual Process has acquired the status of a small classic since these lectures were first published in 1969. Turner demonstrates how the analysis of ... Read more

    $62.99 USD