Conceptualizing Society

Informationen zum Autor Adam Kuper (London School of Economics and Political Science, UK) Klappentext The first collection of papers taken from the first conference of the EASA, discussing the various models at the disposal of the modern ethnographer. Offers a lively account of the state of general theory in social anthropology today. Zusammenfassung The first collection of papers taken from the first conference of the EASA, discussing the various models at the disposal of the modern ethnographer. Offers a lively account of the state of general theory in social anthropology today. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I Individuals and networks 1 Towards greater naturalism in conceptualizing societies 2 The global ecumene as a network of networks Part II Parts and wholes: the individual and society 3 Comparison, a universal for anthropology: from ‘re-presentation’ to the comparison of hierarchies of values 4 Parts and wholes: refiguring relationships in a post-plural world Part III Models of society, the individual, and nature 5 Societies of nature and the nature of society 6 What goes without saying: the conceptualization of Zafimaniry society

Product details

• Authors: Adam Kuper
• Assisted by: Adam Kuper (Editor), Kuper Adam (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.07.1992
• EAN: 9780415061247
• ISBN: 978-0-415-06124-7
• No. of pages: 162
• Series: European Association of Social Anthropologists
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Cultural Studies, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social