Levels of perception / Laurence Harris, Michael Jenkin editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA990008035120403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : Springer, c2003
• ISBN: 0-387-95525-9
• Descrizione fisica: xxiv, 434 p. : ill. ; 24 cm + 1 cd-rom
• Disciplina: 152.14
• Locazione: SC1
• Collocazione: 152.14-HAR-1
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: with 175 illustrations

Elements of social organization / / Raymond Firth

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910825664403321
• Autore: Firth Raymond <1901-2002.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Routledge, , 2004
• ISBN: 1-315-01752-0; 1-136-53689-2
• Edizione: [New ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Collana: Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. Raymond Firth : collected works ; ; II
• Disciplina: 287
• Soggetti: Anthropology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published in 1971 by Tavistock Publications.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. The Meaning of Social Anthropology2. Structure and Organization in a Small Community3. Social Change in Peasant Communities4. The Social Framework of Economic Organization5. The Social Framework of ; Primitive Art6. Moral Standards and Social Organization7. Religion in Social Reality
• Sommario/riassunto: Drawing on a wide range of illustrations, including Firth's own experiences in New Zealand, Malaya and the Solomon Islands, the concept of social organization is discussed with special reference to the role of individual choice and decision in social affairs and the nature of social change.