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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797320103321

Autore

Barrett Stanley R.

Titolo

The rebirth of anthropological theory / / Stanley R. Barrett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1964

©1964

ISBN

1-4426-5515-1

1-4426-8217-5

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

305.8001

Soggetti

Ethnology - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. An Overview of Theory -- 3. Paradigms or Pseudo-paradigms -- 4. Conceptual Contradictions -- 5. Theory as Myth -- 6. Structuralism and the Second Burial of Émile Durkheim -- 7. Contradictions in Everyday Life -- 8. Neutralizing Mechanisms -- 9. The Illusion of Simplicity -- 10. Reflections on Our Future -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Attacking the illusion of simplicity which has dominated positivistic approaches and the out-dated identification of anthropology with non-Western, primitive, and tribal societies, Barrett contends that power and privilege everywhere should be the basic concerns of anthropological inquiry.