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Comparative Studies in Kinship (Paperback): Jack Goody Comparative Studies in Kinship (Paperback)
Jack Goody
R1,418 Discovery Miles 14 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Against the background of the problems involved in the comparative study of human society, the essays in this book show the comparative ideal in practice, which combines elements from both sociology and anthropology. In each essay, specific problems are treated in a way which tests theory against evidence, to replace assertion by demonstration. Topics covered include: * Incest and Adultery * Double descent systems * Inheritance, social change and the boundary problem * Marriage policy * The circulation of women and children in northern Ghana * Indo-European kinship. First published in 1969.

Death and the Ancestors - A Study of the Mortuary Customs of the LoDagaa of West Africa (Hardcover, illustrated edition): Jack... Death and the Ancestors - A Study of the Mortuary Customs of the LoDagaa of West Africa (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Jack Goody
R6,424 Discovery Miles 64 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Deliberately considering relevant theories put forward by earlier writers and examining them in the light of the research for this particular book, the author spent over 100 days attending funeral ceremonies and he attended 25 burial services. Chapters include: The Analysis of Ceremony and Rite The Day of Death Adjustment to Loss Income and Outlay The Causes of Death Property Inheritance Ancestors. First published in 1962.

Comparative Studies in Kinship (Hardcover): Jack Goody Comparative Studies in Kinship (Hardcover)
Jack Goody
R6,378 Discovery Miles 63 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Against the background of the problems involved in the comparative study of human society, the essays in this book show the comparative ideal in practice, which combines elements from both sociology and anthropology. In each essay, specific problems are treated in a way which tests theory against evidence, to replace assertion by demonstration. Topics covered include: * Incest and Adultery * Double descent systems * Inheritance, social change and the boundary problem * Marriage policy * The circulation of women and children in northern Ghana * Indo-European kinship. First published in 1969.

The Social Organisation of the Lo Wiili (Paperback): Jack Goody The Social Organisation of the Lo Wiili (Paperback)
Jack Goody
R1,069 Discovery Miles 10 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1967 (second edition) presents an account of the life and social organisation of the Lo Wiili of the Haute Volta and Ghana. Chapters on the geographic and ethnographic background and economic system are followed by a detailed analysis of Lo Wiili social organisation which in its broad outlines is typical of the general area. Of particular theoretical interest, however, is the co-existence in the one society of both patriclans and matriclans and the way in which the Lo Wiili see themselves not as a boundary-maintaining group ('tribe') but define themselves by cultural criteria which are relative to the group with which they are being compared. The study is also concerned with the traditional role of the Earth Shrine in maintaining social control, a widespread feature of West African societies.

Death and the Ancestors - A Study of the Mortuary Customs of the LoDagaa of West Africa (Paperback): Jack Goody Death and the Ancestors - A Study of the Mortuary Customs of the LoDagaa of West Africa (Paperback)
Jack Goody
R1,426 Discovery Miles 14 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Deliberately considering relevant theories put forward by earlier writers and examining them in the light of the research for this particular book, the author spent over 100 days attending funeral ceremonies and he attended 25 burial services. First published in 1962.

Creative Lives and Works - Adrian C. Mayer, M.N. Srinivas, Andre Beteille and Jonathan Parry (Hardcover): Alan Macfarlane, Jack... Creative Lives and Works - Adrian C. Mayer, M.N. Srinivas, Andre Beteille and Jonathan Parry (Hardcover)
Alan Macfarlane, Jack Goody; Series edited by Radha Beteille
R4,127 Discovery Miles 41 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Creative Lives and Works: Adrian C. Mayer, M.N. Srinivas, Andre Beteille and Johnathan Parry is a collection of interviews conducted by one of England's leading social anthropologists and historians, Professor Alan Macfarlane. Filmed over a period of 40 years, the four conversations in this volume, are part of a larger set of interviews that cut across various disciplines, from the social sciences, the sciences to the performing and visual arts. The current volume, on four of the world's foremost social anthropologists and sociologists, who have been closely associated with the British anthropological tradition, is the third in the series of several such books. These conversations focus primarily on fieldwork experience in India and how new dimensions and interpretations were added to the discipline of sociology and social anthropology as more and more primitive cultures and ancient civilizations were studied. This book brings out the diversity of the Indian subcontinent and its people through its engaging conversations and occasional anecdotes. Immensely riveting as conversations, this collection gives one a flavour of the many different cultures that coexist in a vast country like India, often with no knowledge of each other's existence while de-jargonizing complex sociological concepts. The book will be of enormous value not just to those interested in the subject of Sociology, Social Anthropology and Ethnography, but also those with an avid interest in History, Culture Studies as well as those with an interest in learning about other societies. Please note: This title is co-published with Social Science Press, New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Creative Lives and Works - Raymond Firth, Audrey Richards, Lucy Mair, Meyer Fortes and Edmund Leach (Hardcover): Alan... Creative Lives and Works - Raymond Firth, Audrey Richards, Lucy Mair, Meyer Fortes and Edmund Leach (Hardcover)
Alan Macfarlane, Jack Goody, Frank Kermode; Series edited by Radha Beteille; Jean La Fontaine
R4,126 Discovery Miles 41 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Creative Lives and Works: Raymond Firth, Audrey Richards, Lucy Mair, Meyer Fortes and Edmund Leach is a collection of interviews conducted by one of England's leading social anthropologists and historians, Professor Alan Macfarlane. Filmed over a period of 40 years, the five conversations in this volume, are part of a larger set of interviews that cut across various disciplines, from the social sciences, the sciences to the performing and visual arts. The current volume on five of England's foremost social anthropologists is the second in the series of several such books. These conversations and talks are interlaced with rich ethnography and interpretations of distant civilizations and the very real practices that enable these tribal societies and cultures to thrive. There are several teaching moments in these engaging conversations which are further enriched by detailed personal experiences that each of the five shares. Sir Raymond Firth gives us an insight into his Polynesian experience, while Audrey Richards and Lucy Mair recall their days in the African hinterland. Meyer Fortes's account of his tribal study, yet again in the African subcontinent, is mesmeric, while Sir Edmund Leach's Southeast Asian encounters are just as enthralling. Immensely riveting as conversations, this collection gives one a flavour of how tribal societies live and work. The book will be of enormous value not just to those interested in learning about tribal societies and cultures, and those interested in History, Culture Studies, but also to those curious to gather knowledge about other cultures. Please note: This title is co-published with Social Science Press, New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

The Social Organisation of the Lo Wiili (Hardcover): Jack Goody The Social Organisation of the Lo Wiili (Hardcover)
Jack Goody
R2,637 Discovery Miles 26 370 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1967 (second edition) presents an account of the life and social organisation of the Lo Wiili of the Haute Volta and Ghana. Chapters on the geographic and ethnographic background and economic system are followed by a detailed analysis of Lo Wiili social organisation which in its broad outlines is typical of the general area. Of particular theoretical interest, however, is the co-existence in the one society of both patriclans and matriclans and the way in which the Lo Wiili see themselves not as a boundary-maintaining group ('tribe') but define themselves by cultural criteria which are relative to the group with which they are being compared. The study is also concerned with the traditional role of the Earth Shrine in maintaining social control, a widespread feature of West African societies.

Technology, Tradition and the State in Africa (Paperback): Jack Goody Technology, Tradition and the State in Africa (Paperback)
Jack Goody
R1,063 Discovery Miles 10 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1971 this book argues that certain aspects of traditional African social systems have been misunderstood because of a failure to appreciate what is implied by important differences between the technologies of the major traditional African states and those of Europe and Asia. Differences in the modes of agricultural production were connected with differences in other aspects of the social system such as the relations between subjects and chiefs. This means that comparisons with the feudal systems of Western Europe or the monarchies of Asiatic states have definite limitations. Differences in technology not only affected not only the means of production but also of destruction. The importance of differential access to the means of domination is stressed as a critical factor in African political systems. This is an aspect which has been obscured in many studies that have relied largely on material gathered after the establishment of colonial rule.

Changing Social Structure in Ghana - Essays in the Comparative Sociology of a new State and an old Tradition (Paperback): Jack... Changing Social Structure in Ghana - Essays in the Comparative Sociology of a new State and an old Tradition (Paperback)
Jack Goody
R1,093 Discovery Miles 10 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1975, this book presents the results of research into social change in Ghana. The book looks in detail at the problems of particular sub-groups and sectors in one single nation and they show that the field-worker with a wide comparative background in the range of pre-industrial societies has a positive role to play in contemporary social science.

Technology, Tradition and the State in Africa (Hardcover): Jack Goody Technology, Tradition and the State in Africa (Hardcover)
Jack Goody
R2,690 Discovery Miles 26 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1971 this book argues that certain aspects of traditional African social systems have been misunderstood because of a failure to appreciate what is implied by important differences between the technologies of the major traditional African states and those of Europe and Asia. Differences in the modes of agricultural production were connected with differences in other aspects of the social system such as the relations between subjects and chiefs. This means that comparisons with the feudal systems of Western Europe or the monarchies of Asiatic states have definite limitations. Differences in technology not only affected not only the means of production but also of destruction. The importance of differential access to the means of domination is stressed as a critical factor in African political systems. This is an aspect which has been obscured in many studies that have relied largely on material gathered after the establishment of colonial rule.

Changing Social Structure in Ghana - Essays in the Comparative Sociology of a new State and an old Tradition (Hardcover): Jack... Changing Social Structure in Ghana - Essays in the Comparative Sociology of a new State and an old Tradition (Hardcover)
Jack Goody
R3,396 Discovery Miles 33 960 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1975, this book presents the results of research into social change in Ghana. The book looks in detail at the problems of particular sub-groups and sectors in one single nation and they show that the field-worker with a wide comparative background in the range of pre-industrial societies has a positive role to play in contemporary social science.

La Domesticacion del Pensamiento Salvaje (English, Spanish, Paperback): Jack Goody La Domesticacion del Pensamiento Salvaje (English, Spanish, Paperback)
Jack Goody
R558 Discovery Miles 5 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Theft of History (Paperback): Jack Goody The Theft of History (Paperback)
Jack Goody
R574 R486 Discovery Miles 4 860 Save R88 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In The Theft of History Jack Goody builds on his own previous work to extend further his highly influential critique of what he sees as the pervasive Eurocentric or occidentalist biases of so much western historical writing, and the consequent 'theft' by the West of the achievements of other cultures in the invention of (notably) democracy, capitalism, individualism and love. Goody, one of the world's most distinguished anthropologists, raises questions about theorists, historians and methodology, and proposes a new comparative approach to cross-cultural analysis which allows for more scope in examining history than an East versus West style.

Les Embarras de la Democratie (French, Paperback): Jack Goody Les Embarras de la Democratie (French, Paperback)
Jack Goody; Contributions by Michel Bourdeau, Balthazar Clamoux, Marc-Antoine Gavray, Florent Guenard, …
R533 Discovery Miles 5 330 Out of stock
Food and Love - A Cultural History of East and West (Paperback): Jack Goody Food and Love - A Cultural History of East and West (Paperback)
Jack Goody
R699 Discovery Miles 6 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The development of romantic love, the evolution of national and regional cuisines, the globalization of Chinese food, the histories of various taboos on certain types of food and drink, the uniqueness of the European family such are the fascinating and diverse themes Goody addresses in Food and Love. Starting with a sustained discussion of the debates on social development in the thought of classic theorists as well as contemporary historical and sociological notions of modernization, Goody goes on to tease out the general historical processes embedded in the most intimate recesses of our lives. In a final bracing section challenging dominant relativist conceptions, Goody considers the difficulties and complexities of cross cultural and comparative analysis, and he picks apart the doubts involved in the very process of representation and symbolic communication. Throughout this collection, Goody demonstrates that the ethnocentricity of much of Western scholarship has distorted not only the comprehension of the East but also developments in the European past and present.

Myth, Ritual and the Oral (Paperback): Jack Goody Myth, Ritual and the Oral (Paperback)
Jack Goody
R740 Discovery Miles 7 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In Myth, Ritual and the Oral Jack Goody, one of the world's most distinguished anthropologists, returns to the related themes of myth, orality and literacy, subjects that have long been a touchstone in anthropological thinking. Combining classic papers with recent unpublished work, this volume brings together some of the most important essays written on these themes in the past half century, representative of a lifetime of critical engagement and research. In characteristically clear and accessible style, Jack Goody addresses fundamental conceptual schemes underpinning modern anthropology, providing potent critiques of current theoretical trends. Drawing upon his highly influential work on the LoDagaa myth of the Bagre, Goody challenges structuralist and functionalist interpretations of oral 'literature', stressing the issues of variation, imagination and creativity, and the problems of methodology and analysis. These insightful, and at times provocative, essays will stimulate fresh debate and prove invaluable to students and teachers of social anthropology.

Renaissances - The One or the Many? (Paperback): Jack Goody Renaissances - The One or the Many? (Paperback)
Jack Goody
R1,020 Discovery Miles 10 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

One of the most distinguished social scientists in the world addresses one of the central historical questions of the past millennium: does the European Renaissance deserve its unique status at the very heart of our notions of modernity? Jack Goody scrutinises the European model in relation to parallel renaissances that have taken place in other cultural areas, primarily Islam and China, and emphasises what Europe owed to non-European influences. Renaissances continues that strand of historical analysis critical of Eurocentrism that Goody has developed in recent works like The East and the West (1996) or The Theft of History (2006). This book is wide-ranging, powerful, deftly argued, and draws upon the author's long experience of working in Africa and elsewhere. Not since Toynbee in The Study of History has anybody attempted quite what Jack Goody is undertaking in Renaissances, and the result is as accessible as it is ambitious.

Renaissances - The One or the Many? (Hardcover): Jack Goody Renaissances - The One or the Many? (Hardcover)
Jack Goody
R1,757 Discovery Miles 17 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

One of the most distinguished social scientists in the world addresses one of the central historical questions of the past millennium: does the European Renaissance deserve its unique status at the very heart of our notions of modernity? Jack Goody scrutinises the European model in relation to parallel renaissances that have taken place in other cultural areas, primarily Islam and China, and emphasises what Europe owed to non-European influences. Renaissances continues that strand of historical analysis critical of Eurocentrism that Goody has developed in recent works like The East and the West (1996) or The Theft of History (2006). This book is wide-ranging, powerful, deftly argued, and draws upon the author's long experience of working in Africa and elsewhere. Not since Toynbee in The Study of History has anybody attempted quite what Jack Goody is undertaking in Renaissances, and the result is as accessible as it is ambitious.

The Bedouin of Cyrenaica - Studies in Personal and Corporate Power (Paperback): Emrys L. Peters The Bedouin of Cyrenaica - Studies in Personal and Corporate Power (Paperback)
Emrys L. Peters; Edited by Jack Goody, Emanuel Marx
R1,779 Discovery Miles 17 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Emrys Peters studied the Bedouin of Libya for more than thirty years. The handful of articles published during his lifetime were widely admired and are still essential reading for anthropologists. He left further significant papers unpublished at his death, and the editors have drawn on these for half of this collection, which brings together his major writings on the Bedouin. These seminal essays are not only of ethnographic interest. All Peters' work is informed by a rigorous theoretical intelligence, and his analysis of power in Bedouin society has fascinated many discerning social scientists.

The Theft of History (Hardcover): Jack Goody The Theft of History (Hardcover)
Jack Goody
R2,850 Discovery Miles 28 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Professor Jack Goody builds on his own previous work to extend further his highly influential critique of what he sees as the pervasive eurocentric or occidentalist biases of so much western historical writing. Goody also examines the consequent 'theft' by the West of the achievements of other cultures in the invention of (notably) democracy, capitalism, individualism, and love. The Theft of History discusses a number of theorists in detail, including Marx, Weber and Norbert Elias, and engages with critical admiration western historians like Fernand Braudel, Moses Finlay and Perry Anderson. Major questions of method are raised, and Goody proposes a new comparative methodology for cross-cultural analysis, one that gives a much more sophisticated basis for assessing divergent historical outcomes, and replaces outmoded simple differences between East and West. The Theft of History will be read by an unusually wide audience of historians, anthropologists and social theorists.

Religion and Custom in a Muslim Society - The Berti of Sudan (Paperback, New ed): Ladislav Holy Religion and Custom in a Muslim Society - The Berti of Sudan (Paperback, New ed)
Ladislav Holy; Edited by Meyer Fortes, Edmund Leach, Jack Goody, Stanley J. Tambiah
R1,515 Discovery Miles 15 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Among the Berti of Northern Darfur (Sudan), as among many Muslim societies, the formal religious practices are predominantly the concern of men, while local, unorthodox customary rituals are performed mainly by women. It is usual to dismiss such local, popular practices as pre-Islamic survivals, but Professor Holy shows that the customary rituals constitute an integral part of the religious system of the Berti. Carefully analysing the symbolic statements made in Berti rituals, Professor Holy demonstrates that the distinction between the two classes of rituals is an expression of the gender relationships characteristic of the society. He also examines the social distribution of knowledge about Islam, and explains the role of the religious schools in sustaining religious ideas. The work is not only an ethnographic study of ritual, belief and gender in an African society. It also makes a significant contribution to current anthropological discussion of the interpretation and meaning of rituals and symbols.

The Expansive Moment - The rise of Social Anthropology in Britain and Africa 1918-1970 (Hardcover, New): Jack Goody The Expansive Moment - The rise of Social Anthropology in Britain and Africa 1918-1970 (Hardcover, New)
Jack Goody
R3,058 Discovery Miles 30 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Jack Goody's new book explores the history of social anthropology as an emergent discipline in the interwar years. It focuses on key practitioners, such as Malinowski and Fortes, and explores how far ideological approaches adopted by social anthropologists were defined by the institutions in which they developed, particularly in response to key issues of the time: colonialism, anti-Semitism and communism. Goody focuses on Britain and Africa, and draws on his own wide-ranging personal fieldwork experience.

The Expansive Moment - The rise of Social Anthropology in Britain and Africa 1918-1970 (Paperback, New): Jack Goody The Expansive Moment - The rise of Social Anthropology in Britain and Africa 1918-1970 (Paperback, New)
Jack Goody
R1,243 Discovery Miles 12 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Jack Goody's book explores the development of the discipline of social anthropology through its key practitioners and how far its concerns interacted with the political and ideological debate of the interwar years. It is a study of the different ideological and intellectual approaches adopted by the emerging subject of social anthropology and how far these views were incorporated into and defined by the structures and institutions in which they developed. However it is also an analysis of how far the subject was created by its own response to key issues of the time: colonialism - specifically Africa, anti-Semitism and communism. Goody's approach is characteristically personal: Malinowski dominates the discussion, as well as Fortes, Radcliffe-Brown and Evans-Pritchard, and his own experience, gathered over a wide-ranging life of fieldwork informs the conclusion of the book.

The Oriental, the Ancient and the Primitive - Systems of Marriage and the Family in the Pre-Industrial Societies of Eurasia... The Oriental, the Ancient and the Primitive - Systems of Marriage and the Family in the Pre-Industrial Societies of Eurasia (Paperback, New)
Jack Goody
R1,673 Discovery Miles 16 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Continuing the comparative survey of pre-industrial family formation undertaken in The Development of Family and Marriage in Europe (1983), Professor Goody looks in depth at kinship practice in Asia. His findings cause him to question many traditional assumptions about the "primitive" East, and he suggests that, in contrast to pre-colonial Africa, kinship practice in Asia has much in common with that prevailing in parts of pre-industrial Europe. Goody examines the transmission of productive and other property in relation both to the prevailing political economy and to family and ideological structures, and explores the distribution of mechanisms and strategies of management across cultures. The book concludes that notions of western "uniqueness" are often misplaced, and that much previous work on Asian kinship has been unwittingly distorted by the application of concepts and approaches derived from other, inappropriate, social formations.

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