| Reclaiming a Scientific Anthropology Contributor(s): Kuznar, Lawrence A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 076199114X ISBN-13: 9780761991144 Publisher: Altamira Press OUR PRICE: $60.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Dewey: 301.072 |
| LCCN: 97-35699 |
| Series: Cambridge Cultural Social Studies (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 6" W x 9" (0.88 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A strong advocate for anthropology as a science, Lawrence Kuznar reviews the recent challenges to this ideology from creationists and 'scientific' racists on one side and postmodernists, marxists and feminists on the other. Moreover, Kuznar provides a brief review of anthropology as a science, summarizes major theoretical works in anthropology and other fields on the science/humanism debate, and offers several important case examples from cultural anthropology and archaeology showing science in action. An interesting, provocative book for anthropologists and ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate classes in theory and method. |