| Evolutionism In Cultural Anthropology: A Critical History Contributor(s): Carneiro, Robert L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813337666 ISBN-13: 9780813337661 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $68.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2003 Annotation: Evolutionism and Cultural Anthropology traces the interaction of evolutionary thought and anthropological theory from Herbert Spencer to the twenty-first century. It is a focused examination of how the idea of evolution has continued to provide anthropology with a master principle around which a vast body of data can be organized and synthesized. Erudite and readable, and quoting extensively from early theorists (such as Edward Tylor, Louis Henry Morgan, John McLennan, Henry Maine, and James Frazer) so that the reader might judge them on the basis of their own words, Evolutionism and Cultural Anthropology is useful reading for courses in anthropological theory and the history of anthropology. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Science | Life Sciences - Evolution |
| Dewey: 303.4 |
| LCCN: 2002015342 |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.3" W x 9" (0.97 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Evolutionism in Cultural Anthropologytraces the interaction of evolutionary thought and anthropological theory from Herbert Spencer to the twenty-first century. It is a focused examination of how the idea of evolution has continued to provide anthropology with a master principle around which a vast body of data can be organized and synthesized. Erudite and readable, and quoting extensively from early theorists (such as Edward Tylor, Lewis Henry Morgan, John McLennan, Henry Maine, and James Frazer) so that the reader might judge them on the basis of their own words, Evolutionism in Cultural Anthropology is useful reading for courses in anthropological theory and the history of anthropology. |