Sean M. Rafferty

Misanthropology (eBook, ePUB)

Science, Pseudoscience, and the Study of Humanity

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Misanthropology: Science, Pseudoscience, and the Study of Humanity introduces students to key concepts in critical thinking across the four core branches of anthropology: cultural, linguistic, biological, and archaeological. It combines a critical analysis of anthropology as a field with current concepts in scientific skepticism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000645606
• Artikelnr.: 65249406

Autorenporträt

Sean M. Rafferty is Associate Professor of Anthropology at University at Albany, SUNY, USA

Inhaltsangabe

1: Bias and Fallacy in Anthropology and Beyond
2: Cultural Anthropology and the Invented Primitive
3: Ethnology vs. Pseudoethnology
4: Apes and Sign Language: Another "Clever Hans"?
5: Pseudolinguistics
6: Biological Anthropology and Pseudoscience: The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis
7: Pseudoarchaeology and Ancient Aliens
8: Archaeology as the Handmaiden of Ideology
9: Science, Pseudoscience, and Anthropology

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1: Bias and Fallacy in Anthropology and Beyond; 2: Cultural Anthropology and the Invented Primitive; 3: Ethnology vs. Pseudoethnology; 4: Apes and Sign Language: Another "Clever Hans"?; 5: Pseudolinguistics; 6: Biological Anthropology and Pseudoscience: The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis; 7: Pseudoarchaeology and Ancient Aliens; 8: Archaeology as the Handmaiden of Ideology; 9: Science, Pseudoscience, and Anthropology