LEADER 03432nam 2200613 450 001 9910460886803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-5515-1 010 $a1-4426-8217-5 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442682177 035 $a(CKB)3710000000453673 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001471762 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11777419 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001471762 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11432938 035 $a(PQKB)11416612 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672143 035 $a(CEL)417496 035 $a(OCoLC)903421398 035 $a(CaBNVSL)thg00600772 035 $a(DE-B1597)465197 035 $a(OCoLC)944177354 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442682177 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672143 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257823 035 $a(OCoLC)958516048 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000453673 100 $a20160922h19641964 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe rebirth of anthropological theory /$fStanley R. Barrett 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1964. 210 4$d©1964 215 $a1 online resource (281 pages) $cillustrations, tables 225 0 $aHeritage 311 $a0-8020-6718-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $t1. Introduction -- $t2. An Overview of Theory -- $t3. Paradigms or Pseudo-paradigms -- $t4. Conceptual Contradictions -- $t5. Theory as Myth -- $t6. Structuralism and the Second Burial of Émile Durkheim -- $t7. Contradictions in Everyday Life -- $t8. Neutralizing Mechanisms -- $t9. The Illusion of Simplicity -- $t10. Reflections on Our Future -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aInnovative 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. 606 $aEthnology$xPhilosophy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEthnology$xPhilosophy. 676 $a305.8001 700 $aBarrett$b Stanley R.$0972787 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460886803321 996 $aThe rebirth of anthropological theory$92219656 997 $aUNINA