An introduction to theory in anthropology /
By: Layton, Robert.
Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997Description: xi, 241 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780521629829 (paperback); 9780521629829:.Subject(s): Anthropology -- Philosophy | Ethnology | Anthropology -- Methodology | CultureDDC classification: 301.01Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-231) and index.
The idea of a social system -- 2. Functionalism -- 3. Structuralism -- 4. Interactionist theory -- 5. Marxist anthropology -- 6. Socioecology -- 7. Postmodernism and anthropology.
Layton reviews the ideas that have inspired anthropologists in their studies of societies around the world and traces the way in which these have been translated into anthropological debates.