John Beattie

Other Cultures

Aims, Methods and Achievements in Social Anthropology

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first part of this book considers what kind of study social anthropology is, the types of questions social anthropologists ask and how they go about obtaining the answers. The second part discusses the more important fields in which social anthropologists have advanced our knowledge of other cultures: kinship and marriage, social order, economic relations and magical and religious institutions. The important theme of social change is also discussed. First published in 1964.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Februar 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 509g
• ISBN-13: 9780415330299
• ISBN-10: 0415330297
• Artikelnr.: 22101445

Autorenporträt

John Beattie

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1
Chapter 1 Introduction and Background
Chapter 2 Social Anthropology and Some Other Sciences of Man
Chapter 3 What Social Anthropologists Study: the Need for Theory
Chapter 4 Explanation in Social Anthropology: Social Function and Social Structure
Chapter 5 Beliefs and Values
Chapter 6 Fieldwork
Part 2
Chapter 7 Kinship
Chapter 8 Marriage and Affinity
Chapter 9 Social Control: Political Organization
Chapter 10 Social Control: Law and Social Sanctions
Chapter 11 Economic and Property Relations
Chapter 12 The Field of Ritual: Magic
Chapter 13 The Field of Ritual: Religion
Chapter 14 Social Change
Chapter 15
Conclusion and Assessment