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The study of kinship is a fundamental part of the study and the
practice of social anthropology. This volume examines the work of
three distinguished anthropologists that bear on kinship and
determines what theoretical models are implicit in their writings
and assesses to what extent their claims have been validated. The
anthropologists studied are from France, the UK and USA: Claude
Levi-Strauss, Meyer Fortes and G.P. Murdock. First published in
1971.
The study of kinship is a fundamental part of the study and the
practice of social anthropology. This volume examines the work of
three distinguished anthropologists that bear on kinship and
determines what theoretical models are implicit in their writings
and assesses to what extent their claims have been validated. The
anthropologists studied are from France, the UK and USA: Claude
Levi-Strauss, Meyer Fortes and G.P. Murdock. First published in
1971.
This volume contains the proceedings of an International Symposium
on `Second Messenger Systems - Molecular, Cellular and Behavioural
Aspects', which was held at Tobago on June 16-17, 1994. The
interaction of an extracellular agonist (First Messenger) with its
plasma membrane receptor leads to the transmission of a signal
across the cell membrane and results in the production and/or
activation of other signalling molecules (Second Messengers). These
Second Messengers control the action of many protein kinases and
protein phosphatases and so lead to cellular responses. Although
the biochemical basis of the transduction of signals in the main
signalling systems in eukaryotic cells is probably largely known,
intensified research is ongoing in the following areas: the
discovery of specific substrates for many protein kinases,
elucidation of the biological significance of the differential
tissue expression and heterogeneity of many signalling proteins,
and the unravelling of diverse interactions (such as signal
potentiation, synergism, antagonism and neuronal co-transmission)
between signalling systems. As knowledge from such studies
accumulates, it is becoming clear that the `cross talk'
interactions between signalling systems are important features of
dynamic cell regulation. This volume is designed to summarize some
aspects of the current work on various Second Messenger Systems and
the integration of signals with respect to plasma membrane
receptors. Second Messenger generation and degradation, protein
kinase and phosphatase, cell cycle control, and cellular learning
and memory.
HUMPING MY DRUM by J.A.Barnes PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION: After a
lifetime of not keeping a diary, John Barnes has reconstructed his
past from a good memory and those few documents that do record his
life and times. His story starts with his childhood in Reading, his
schooldays and undergraduate career. Although six years of war
interrupted his academic progress, they gave him experiences in the
Fleet Air Arm that may have prepared him for the rigors of his
first anthropological fieldwork in Northern Rhodesia. The life of
an academic is seldom smooth and various universities in England
and Australia augmented his scholastic duties with ample tests of
his diplomatic and political skills. In pages crowded with the
names of colleagues, friends, family and rivals, Barnes brings a
social scientist's eye to bear on the disciplines of anthropology
and sociology themselves.
John Barnes' collection of essays, published over the past forty
years, covers a variety of topics in sociology and anthropology,
including lineage systems, social networks, colonialism, underlying
assumptions of social science, and the significance of time in
social analysis. Together they identify the author's particular
view of social science as being primarily about what really
happens. Rather than revamp articles written with a distinctive set
of assumptions to bring them into line with current intellectual
fashions, Professor Barnes has chosen to let them stand as they
are, products of identifiable theoretical stances and modes of
exposition. But introductory notes to each chapter explain the
context in which the piece was originally written and draw
attention to later publications and events that bear on it. A new
introduction discusses in detail the author's view of social
science as the construction of models rather than a search for
social laws, while the final chapter presents a model of the
modeling process itself.
This is a thoroughly revised and completely reset new edition of
this standard student's reference. New tables are added and others
are rearranged or expanded. The book is for students of science,
engineering, business, management and finance, and also psychology.
Defining lies as statements that are intended to deceive, this book considers the contexts in which people tell lies and explores the consequences. The author looks at societies with distinctive religious and ethical traditions where lying is the norm. He also shows how children acquire the capacity to lie at an early age, and learn when it is appropriate to do so. In conclusion, Professor Barnes argues that people are inclined to tell the truth, for apart from the question of morality, there are pragmatic reasons for doing so.
John Barnes's collection of essays, published over the last 40
years, covers a variety of topics in sociology and anthropology,
including lineage systems, social networks, colonialism, underlying
assumptions of social science, and the significance of time in
social analysis. Together they identify the author's particular
view of social science as being primarily about what really
happens. Rather than revamp articles written with a distinctive set
of assumptions to bring them into line with current intellectual
fashions, Professor Barnes has chosen to let them stand as they
are, products of identifiable theoretical stances and modes of
exposition. But introductory notes to each chapter explain the
context in which the piece was originally written and draw
attention to later publications and events that bear on it. A new
introduction discusses in detail the author's view of social
science as the construction of models rather than a search for
social laws, while the final chapter presents a model of the
modelling process itself.
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