What is Anthropology?
What is Anthropology? When it was first published, What Is Anthropology? In this fully updated second edition, Thomas Hylland Eriksen brings together examples from current events as well as within…
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What is Anthropology?
When it was first published, What Is Anthropology? In this fully updated second edition, Thomas Hylland Eriksen brings together examples from current events as well as within anthropological research in order to explain how to see the world from below and from within--emphasizing the importance of adopting an insider's perspective.The first section of the book presents the history of anthropology, and the second discusses core issues in greater detail, covering economics, morals, human nature, ecology, cultural relativism, and much more. immediately ignited the discipline, proving how anthropology can be a revolutionary way of thinking about the modern human world.
Perfect not only for students, but also for those who have never encountered anthropology Throughout, he reveals how seemingly enormous cultural differences actually conceal the deep unity of humanity.