History and Theory in Anthropology

History and Theory in Anthropology

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Alan Barnard's balanced and judicious overview of anthropological theory covering the historical contexts of the great debates, tracing the genealogies of theories and schools of thought. It discusses evolutionism; diffusionism and culture area theories, functionalism and structural-functionalism; action-centred theories; processual and Marxist perspectives; relativism, structuralism and post-structuralism; interpretivism and postmodernism.

Subject: Social Sciences -> Anthropology -> General Anthropology