The Anthropological Circle, symbol, function, history - "Cambridge studies in social anthropology"

Augé Marc

ISBN 10: 0521232368 / ISBN 13: 9780521232364

Published by Cambridge at the University Press/Ed. de la maison des sciences de l'homme, 1982

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R300314861: 1982. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 130 pages. Texte en anglais. Jaquette passée. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Anthropological Circle, symbol, function, history - "Cambridge studies in social anthropology"
• Publisher: Cambridge at the University Press/Ed. de la maison des sciences de l'homme
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521232368
• ISBN 13: 9780521232364
• Binding: Couverture rigide
• Condition: bon
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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Synopsis

Anthropology is both outside of history and within it. Histories of anthropology tend to summarise particular authors' intellectual differences; but, as Marc Augé argues in this book, first published in English in 1982, these differences may in fact be intrinsically derived from intellectual divisions within anthropology as obvious as they are irreconcilable. Augé identifies, in contemporary debates in French anthropology, the paths that perhaps allow us to transcend these oppositions. On doing so, he explores and clarifies the relationship that anthropology enjoys with history, on the intellectual plane, and with politics, on the historical plane. His argument is stimulating and challenging, and will interest all social anthropologists and sociologists concerned with the theoretical foundations of their disciplines, as well as demonstrating to historians and political scientists what anthropology has to offer them.

Book Description

Anthropology is both outside of history and within it. Histories of anthropology tend to summarise particular authors' intellectual differences; but, as Marc Augé argues in this book, first published in English in 1982, these differences may be intrinsically derived from intellectual divisions within anthropology as obvious as they are irreconcilable.