How Natives Think

Dubbed as one of the 'Year's Best' by the Voice Literary Supplement, How 'Natives' Think goes far beyond specialized debates about the alleged superiority of Western traditions. It is a brilliant demonstration of how to do anthropology by one of the discipline's most powerful minds.

About the author

Marshall Sahlins is the Charles F. Grey Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Chicago. The author of numerous books, Sahlins is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Summary

This volume seeks to go far beyond specialized debates about the alleged superiority of Western traditions. The culmination of Sahlins's ethnohistorical research on Hawaii, is a reaffirmation for understanding difference.

Product details

• Authors: Marshall Sahlins, Sahlins Marshall
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.1996
• EAN: 9780226733692
• ISBN: 978-0-226-73369-2
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Anthropologie, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Australische und Pazifische Geschichte, HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, HISTORY / Oceania, maritime history, United States of America, USA, Australasian & Pacific history, Australasian and Pacific history