The Scope of Anthropology

The Scope of AnthropologySome of the most prominent social and cultural anthropologists have come together in this volume to discuss Maurice Godeliers work. They explore and revisit some of the highly complex practices and structures social scientists encounter in their fieldwork. From the natureculture debate to the fabrication of hereditary political systems, from transforming gender relations to the problems of the Christianization of indigenous peoples, these chapters

through adolescence to become an administrator in Hong Kong for thirty-five years

this study considers how medieval Muslim scholars map the female reproductive body according to broader

After he befriends Kensky

Global Limits challenges both the current proliferation of Kantian readings of international affairs and the theoretical foundation Kant is presumed to provide the discipline

comprehensive study of Ottoman religious buildings still standing today

John David Regan

the explosion of social movement activity since the late 1960s has constituted a “participatory revolution” that has posed profound challenges for formal political parties

Haywood was a prolific writer who revolutionized the English novel while raising a family

housing and social exclusion in Italy

This book responds to the critical need for astronomers to understand

Robert Samuels argues that these attempts often fail because they do not take into account the different forms of prejudice

This highly readable foundational text provides an overview of the theories and research on human memory from a psychological perspective