03432nam 2200613 450 991046088680332120200520144314.01-4426-5515-11-4426-8217-510.3138/9781442682177(CKB)3710000000453673(SSID)ssj0001471762(PQKBManifestationID)11777419(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001471762(PQKBWorkID)11432938(PQKB)11416612(MiAaPQ)EBC4672143(CEL)417496(OCoLC)903421398(CaBNVSL)thg00600772(DE-B1597)465197(OCoLC)944177354(DE-B1597)9781442682177(Au-PeEL)EBL4672143(CaPaEBR)ebr11257823(OCoLC)958516048(EXLCZ)99371000000045367320160922h19641964 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe rebirth of anthropological theory /Stanley R. BarrettToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,1964.©19641 online resource (281 pages) illustrations, tablesHeritage0-8020-6718-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Innovative and often controversial, Barrett's study ranges over the entire scope of anthropological theory. It provides a fresh interpretation of the history of theory and mounts an alternative perspective, built around dialectics, that is eminently suitable to post-colonial anthropology.He argues that anthropological theory has failed to be cumulative. It has been characterized by oscillation and repetition - theoretical orientations have appeared and disappeared, only to be discovered once again. Addressing numerous conceptual contradictions which have never been resolved, he introduces novel concepts such as salvage theory and backward theory, and argues that in many respects anthropological theory resembles the structuralists interpretation of myth.Social life, he asserts, is inherently contradictory, although concealed by numerous mechanisms, most of which reinforce the status quo. 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.EthnologyPhilosophyElectronic books.EthnologyPhilosophy.305.8001Barrett Stanley R.972787MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460886803321The rebirth of anthropological theory2219656UNINA