VISIONS OF CULTURE 3ED: An Introduction to Anthropological Theories and Theorists
This new edition of Jerry D. Moore's Visions of Culture presents introductory anthropology students with a brief, readable, and balanced treatment of theoretical developments in the field. The key ideas of major theorists are briefly described and―unique to this textbook―linked to the biographical and fieldwork experiences that helped shape their theories. The impact of each scholar on contemporary anthropology is presented, along with numerous examples, quotes from the theorists' writings,...
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This new edition of Jerry D. Moore's Visions of Culture presents introductory anthropology students with a brief, readable, and balanced treatment of theoretical developments in the field.
Introduction What's the point?Pt. I Founders 11 Edward Tylor: the evolution of culture 52 Lewis Henry Morgan : the evolution of society 183 Franz Boas : culture in context 334 Emile Durkheim : the organic society 46Pt. II The nature of culture 615 Alfred Kroeber : configurations of culture 656 Ruth Benedict : Patterns of culture 787 Edward Sapir : culture, language, and the individual 888 Margaret Mead : the individual and culture 104Pt. III The nature of society 1179 Marcel Mauss : elemental categories, total facts 12110 Bronislaw Malinowski : the functions of culture 13411 A. R. Radicliffe-Brown : the structures of society 14712 Edward Evans-Pritchard : social anthropology, social history 161Pt. IV Evolutionary, adaptationist, and materialist theories 17513 Leslie White : evolution emergent 17914 Julian Steward : cultural ecology and multilinear evolution 19415 Marvin Harris : cultural materialism 20416 Eleanor Burke Leacock : feminism, Marxism, and history 217Pt. V Structures, symbols, and meaning 22717 Claude Levi-Strauss : structuralism 23118 Victor Turner : symbols, pilgrims, and drama 24719 Clifford Geertz : an interpretive anthropology 25920 Mary Douglas : symbols and structures, pollution and purity 272Pt. VI Structures, practice, agency, power 28921 James Fernandez : the play of tropes 29522 Sherry Ortner : symbols, gender, practice 30723 Pierre Bourdieu : an anthropology of practice 32524 Eric Wolf : culture, history, power 34325 Marshall Sahlins : culture matters 365Postscript Currentcontroversies 385Index 393
