02632oam 2200529I 450 991016504130332120230809222740.01-138-28265-01-315-22738-X1-351-85296-510.4324/9781315227382 (CKB)3710000001060524(MiAaPQ)EBC4809752(OCoLC)973223032(BIP)56234318(BIP)56230860(EXLCZ)99371000000106052420180706e20172005 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe reinvention of primitive society transformations of a myth /Adam KuperSecond edition.London ;New York :Routledge,2017.1 online resource (237 pages)Routledge Classic Texts in Anthropology ;3Originally published: 2005. With new preface.1-138-28264-2 1-351-85297-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. I. The idea of primitive society -- pt. II. Ancient law, ancient society and totemism -- pt. III. Evolution and diffusion : Boas, Rivers and Radcliffe-Brown -- pt. IV. Descent and alliance -- pt. V. Back to the beginning.Adam Kuper's iconoclastic intellectual history argues that the idea of "primitive society" is a western myth. The "primitive" is imagined as the opposite of the "civilised". But this is a protean myth. As ideas about civilisation change, so the image of primitive society must be adjusted. By way of fascinating account of classic texts in anthropology, ancient history and law, Kuper reveals how this myth underpinned academic research and inspired political programmes. Its ancestry is traced back to classical western beliefs about barbarians and savages, and Kuper also tackles the latest version of the myth, the idea of a global identity of "indigenous peoples". The Reinvention of Primitive Society is a key text in the history of anthropology, and will interest anyone who has puzzled about the very idea of "primitive society" - and so, by implication, about "civilisation".EthnologyHistoryPrimitive societiesEthnologyHistory.Primitive societies.305.8009Kuper Adam143565MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910165041303321The reinvention of primitive society1993926UNINA