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Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General

Elements of Social Organisation (Hardcover, 3rd Revised edition): Raymond Firth Elements of Social Organisation (Hardcover, 3rd Revised edition)
Raymond Firth
R5,963 Discovery Miles 59 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

An illuminating introduction to the methods and problems of social anthropology, this book draws on a wide range of illustrations, including Raymond Firth's own experiences in New Zealand, Malaya and the Solomon Islands. The concept of social organisation is discussed with special reference to the role of individual choice and decision in social affairs and the nature of social change. Social organisation in relation to economic, aesthetic, moral and religious values is also examined. First published in 1951. This re-issue is of the third, 1961 edition.

Primitive Polynesian Economy (Hardcover): Raymond Firth Primitive Polynesian Economy (Hardcover)
Raymond Firth
R6,857 Discovery Miles 68 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A great classic of British anthropology, Primitive Polynesian Economy is structured as follows:
A Problems of Primitive Economics
A Food and Population in Tikopia
A Knowledge, Technique and Economic Lore
A The Labour Situation
A Ritual in Productive Activity
A Economic Functions of the Chiefs
A Property and Capital in Production
A Principles of Distribution and Payment
A Exchange and Value
A Characteristics of a Primitive Economy
First published in 1939."

Social Change in Tikopia - Re-study of a Polynesian community after a generation (Hardcover): Raymond Firth Social Change in Tikopia - Re-study of a Polynesian community after a generation (Hardcover)
Raymond Firth
R5,404 Discovery Miles 54 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Re-visiting Tikopia a decade after his first visit, Raymond Firth here examines what impact the forces of modernization had on Tikopia society with regard to economics, law, politics and social affairs. Suffering a famine whilst there, the author also examined the issues of responsibility for the famine; problems of distribution in ceremonial and ritual; institutional developments from the famine. Originally published in 1959.

Themes in Economic Anthropology (Hardcover): Raymond Firth Themes in Economic Anthropology (Hardcover)
Raymond Firth
R5,980 Discovery Miles 59 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The main focus of the volume - the processes of choice and decision-making in different economic systems - offers exceptional scope for the convergence of economic and anthropological perspectives. It concentrates on transactions that both express and influence social relationships and values. Covering a wide geographic area there are specific studies on societies in Equatorial Africa, Colombia, South India and the Balkans. First published in 1967.

We the Tikopia - A sociological study of kinship in primitive Polynesia (Hardcover): Raymond Firth We the Tikopia - A sociological study of kinship in primitive Polynesia (Hardcover)
Raymond Firth
R6,912 Discovery Miles 69 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Recognized as a major work when first published, this title has, over the years, become a classic. Forming the basis of modern social anthropology, We the Tikiopia stands in the forefront of its literature. The book is an excellent example of fieldwork analysis of a primitive society; a complete account of the working of a primitive kinship system; and an exhaustive and sophisticated study of Polynesian social institutions. First published in 1936.

Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion (Hardcover): Michael Banton Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion (Hardcover)
Michael Banton
R8,608 Discovery Miles 86 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

As the basic questions of social structure were elucidated there came a quickening of interest among social anthropologists in the study of religion. Chapters in this book include: * Religion as a Cultural System (Clifford Geertz) * Colour Classification in Ndembu Religion (Victor W. Turner) * Religion: Problems of Definition and Explanation (Melford E. Spiro) * Fathers, Elders and Ghosts in Edo Religion (R.E. Bradbury) * Territorial Groupings and Relgion among the Iraqw (Edward H. Winter). First published in 1966.

Death and the right hand (Hardcover): Robert Hertz Death and the right hand (Hardcover)
Robert Hertz; Translated by Rodney Needham, Claudia Needham
R8,601 Discovery Miles 86 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in English 1960. The historical value of Hertz's writings is that they are a representative example of the culmination of two centuries of development of sociological thought in France, from Montesquieu to Durkheim and his pupils. In the intervening years since publication, that development has grown into the systematic comparative study of primitive institutions, based on a great body of ethnographic facts from all over the world: in effect social anthropology.

The Interpretation of Ritual (Hardcover, Revised edition): J.S.La Fontaine The Interpretation of Ritual (Hardcover, Revised edition)
J.S.La Fontaine
R6,862 Discovery Miles 68 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1972. A revival of interest in primitive religion has been one of the most marked characteristics of British social anthropology of recent years. Inspired by the work of Audrey Richards, whose writing on ritual contains many of the insights that have been developed in later studies, this volume uses material drawn from all over Africa and Polynesia. The contributors include: Raymond Firth, Esther Goody, Aidan Southall, R.G. Abrahams, Edwin Ardener, J.S. La Fontaine, Monica Wilson, Elizabeth Bott, Edmund Leach and P.H. Gulliver.

Social Anthropology and Language (Hardcover): Edwin Ardener Social Anthropology and Language (Hardcover)
Edwin Ardener
R5,997 Discovery Miles 59 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Providing a critical framework for the consideration of the relationship between modern social anthropology and linguistics, this volume covers topics such as classification, symbolism, and structuralism. The relevance of the works of Saussure, Levi-Strauss and Chomsky is considered. There are two case-studies: the first outlines a 'social history' of the succession of pidgins that are documented on the West African coast, ending with Pidgin English. The second analyzes the status of three language varieties used in a 'trilingual' community in the Carnian Alps. Originally published in 1971.

The Relevance of Models for Social Anthropology (Hardcover): Michael Banton The Relevance of Models for Social Anthropology (Hardcover)
Michael Banton
R5,977 Discovery Miles 59 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

There has been much discussion in recent years about the construction of theoretical models useful in the explanation of particular areas of social organization. This volume charts that discussion and its results and covers a wide ethnographic range from the Pacific Island of Truk through African pastoral societies, south-east Asia and Hong Kong, back to Polynesia. First published in 1965.

Social Anthropology of Complex Societies (Hardcover): Michael Banton Social Anthropology of Complex Societies (Hardcover)
Michael Banton
R8,605 Discovery Miles 86 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume illustrates how much the study of social anthropologists has encompassed other, non-primitive societies: rural Italy, urban Africa, village politics in India and the smaller ex-colonial territories of Fiji and Mauritius are just some of the areas covered by the book. The position and contribution of British community studies is also examined, illustrating how micro-sociology can be made relevant to macro-sociology.
Originally published 1966.

Other Cultures - Aims, Methods and Achievements in Social Anthropology (Hardcover, Revised edition): John Beattie Other Cultures - Aims, Methods and Achievements in Social Anthropology (Hardcover, Revised edition)
John Beattie
R5,980 Discovery Miles 59 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The first part of this book considers what kind of study social anthropology is, the types of questions social anthropologists ask and how they go about obtaining the answers. The second part discusses the more important fields in which social anthropologists have advanced our knowledge of other cultures: kinship and marriage, social order, economic relations and magical and religious institutions. The important theme of social change is also discussed. First published in 1964.

Social Anthropology (Hardcover): E.E. Evans-Pritchard Social Anthropology (Hardcover)
E.E. Evans-Pritchard
R8,597 Discovery Miles 85 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Social Anthropology explains and illustrates the methods of modern anthropology, tracing its development from pre-nineteenth-century philosophical speculations and the empirical work of explorers, missionaries and colonial servants, up to the second half of the twentieth century. First published in 1951.

Meaning in Culture (Hardcover, Revised edition): F Allan Hanson Meaning in Culture (Hardcover, Revised edition)
F Allan Hanson
R7,424 Discovery Miles 74 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Meaning in Culture discusses the question of whether 'culture' refers to some superorganic entity that exists in its own right, or is only convenient short-hand for the shared beliefs and behaviour of human individuals. It also investigates the problem of relativism and explores the question of whether anthropology and the other social sciences are really scientific.
First published in 1975.

The Social Anthropology of Radcliffe-Brown (Hardcover): Adam Kuper The Social Anthropology of Radcliffe-Brown (Hardcover)
Adam Kuper
R5,982 Discovery Miles 59 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is the first collection of Radcliffe-Brown's work chosen to represent his books as well as his essays. It includes some classic pieces, and also one or two lesser-known items. Radcliffe-Brown was a pioneer who established structural, sociological anthropology, in the face of the entrenched traditions of ethnology and social evolutionism. First published in 1977.

History and Social Anthropology (Hardcover, Revised edition): I. M Lewis History and Social Anthropology (Hardcover, Revised edition)
I. M Lewis
R5,987 Discovery Miles 59 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Examining the ways in which social anthropologists might gain from and contribute to, historical studies this volume contains papers on historical studies by anthropologists on 19th century Nupe, Yoruba and Benin and 17th century Cameroons in West Africa; on the succession in kingship in Buganda; and on the development of national politics in Albania.
First published in 1968.

The Social Context of Violent Behaviour - A Social Anthropological Study in an Israeli Immigrant Town (Hardcover): Emanuel Marx The Social Context of Violent Behaviour - A Social Anthropological Study in an Israeli Immigrant Town (Hardcover)
Emanuel Marx
R8,598 Discovery Miles 85 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1976. Violent behaviour occurs in every society. It grows out of the social order and can therefore be understood only in a social context. This book examines an orderly and relatively tranquil society, a small Israeli town settled by new immigrants, which is run by public agencies who pour in their resources to maintain the inhabitants. Circumstances have made the town an egalitarian society, but also limit its members' economic opportunities. This society has produced its special combinations of violent behaviour. The analysis extensively employs the 'case method' which has increasingly been used by social anthropologists.

Seasonal Variations of the Eskimo - A Study in Social Morphology (Hardcover): James J. Fox Seasonal Variations of the Eskimo - A Study in Social Morphology (Hardcover)
James J. Fox; Marcel Mauss
R8,586 Discovery Miles 85 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Seasonal Variations of the Eskimo is one of the first books in anthropology to adopt a sociological approach to the analysis of a single society. Mauss links elements of anthropology and human geography, arguing that geographical factors should be considered in relation to a social context in all its complexity.
The work is an illuminating source on the Eskimo and a proto-type of what an anthropologist should do with ethnographic data and exerted considerable influence on the development of social anthropology.
English translation first published in 1979.

Socialization - The approach from social anthropology (Hardcover): Philip Mayer Socialization - The approach from social anthropology (Hardcover)
Philip Mayer
R5,994 Discovery Miles 59 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume represents the first major effort to apply the distinctive techniques of British social anthropology to the subject of socialization. Along with methodological and theoretical discussion, there is a variety of new field material from Africa, Southeast Asia and elsewhere.
First published in 1967.

The Foundations of Social Anthropology (Hardcover): S.F. Nadel The Foundations of Social Anthropology (Hardcover)
S.F. Nadel
R2,188 Discovery Miles 21 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Focussing on the methodology of social anthropology this book covers the following: * The aims of social anthropology * Observation and description * Psychology in observation * The material of observation * Institutions * Groupings * Explanation * Experimental anthropology * Psychological explanations * Function and pattern. Originally published in 1951

Japanese Culture - Its Development and Characteristics (Hardcover): Richard K. Beardsley, Robert J. Smith Japanese Culture - Its Development and Characteristics (Hardcover)
Richard K. Beardsley, Robert J. Smith
R2,536 Discovery Miles 25 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book presents an authoritative and illuminating insight into the development and most important characteristics of Japanese society and culture. Approaching the subject from a number of different points of view.
Originally published in 1963.

The Demise of a Rural Economy - From Subsistence to Capitalism in a Latin American Village (Hardcover): Stephen Gudeman The Demise of a Rural Economy - From Subsistence to Capitalism in a Latin American Village (Hardcover)
Stephen Gudeman
R5,965 Discovery Miles 59 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Bridging a gap between macro- and micro- viewpoints, the work shows the ways in which an economy is socially and historically determined. Subsistence is shown to be not only a form of agriculture but a determinant economic organisation and particular attention is paid to the problem of understanding patterns of distribution and the constitution of the surplus in the peasant economy.
First published in 1978.

Land and Social Change in East Nepal - A Study of Hindu-Tribal Relations (Hardcover): Professor Lionel Caplan, Lionel Caplan Land and Social Change in East Nepal - A Study of Hindu-Tribal Relations (Hardcover)
Professor Lionel Caplan, Lionel Caplan
R5,387 Discovery Miles 53 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines the relations between the Limbus, an indigenous tribal people in East Nepal, and the Hindus who have entered their region during the past two hundred years. Describing the divisions which have arisen between the two groups as a result of confrontation over land, the book nonetheless stresses how they are linked by ties of economic and political interdependence and in so doing, explores the link between culture and politics. First published in 1970.

Western India in the Nineteenth Century (Hardcover): Ravinder Kumar Western India in the Nineteenth Century (Hardcover)
Ravinder Kumar
R5,404 Discovery Miles 54 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Hinduism flourished in the districts around Poona in Bombay to a far greater extent than in the rest of India, hence the problems facing the British administrators of Maharashtra were quite different from those confronting them in other parts of India. The solutions they proposed and the policies which emerged determined the social changes which took place in the Maharashtra in the nineteenth century. This book analyses these changes by focussing on the rise of new social groups and the dissemination of new values and shows how these social groups and values interacted with the traditional order in Maharashtra to create a stable regional society. Originally published in 1968.

Caste and Kinship in Kangra (Hardcover, New edition): Jonathan P. Parry Caste and Kinship in Kangra (Hardcover, New edition)
Jonathan P. Parry
R5,991 Discovery Miles 59 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This study is a major addition to understanding the problems of social inequality and the nature of caste and kinship. A full account is given of the social structure of the region, emphasizing the continuity of principles, which govern relations between castes and relationships within castes. The ethnographic data bear in particular on: the nature of untouchability; models of caste ranking; the way in which 'traditional' family structures adapt to a diversification of the economy and the debate about the 'instability' of regimes of generalized exchange. Originally published in 1979.

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