Alan Barnard is Emeritus Professor of the Anthropology of Southern Africa, University of Edinburgh. His many books include Hunters and Herders of Southern Africa, Social Anthropology and Human Origins, Genesis of Symbolic Thought, Language in Prehistory, and Bushmen: Kalahari Hunter-Gatherers and Their Descendants, all published by Cambridge University Press. In 2010 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy.

• Preface; 1. Visions of Anthropology; 2. Precursors; 3. Changing perspectives on evolution; 4. Diffusionist and culture-area theories; 5. Functionalism and structural-functionalism; 6. Action and process; 7. Marxist perspectives; 8. From relativism to cognitive science; 9. Structuralism, from linguistics to Anthropology; 10. Poststructuralists and feminists; 11. Mavericks; 12. Interpretive approaches; 13. Postmodernism and its aftermath; 14. Conclusions; Appendix 1: Dates of birth and death; Appendix 2: Glossary; References; Index.

Alan Barnard is Emeritus Professor of the Anthropology of Southern Africa, University of Edinburgh. His many books include Hunters and Herders of Southern Africa, Social Anthropology and Human Origins, Genesis of Symbolic Thought, Language in Prehistory, and Bushmen: Kalahari Hunter-Gatherers and Their Descendants, all published by Cambridge University Press. In 2010 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy.

• Preface; 1. Visions of Anthropology; 2. Precursors; 3. Changing perspectives on evolution; 4. Diffusionist and culture-area theories; 5. Functionalism and structural-functionalism; 6. Action and process; 7. Marxist perspectives; 8. From relativism to cognitive science; 9. Structuralism, from linguistics to Anthropology; 10. Poststructuralists and feminists; 11. Mavericks; 12. Interpretive approaches; 13. Postmodernism and its aftermath; 14. Conclusions; Appendix 1: Dates of birth and death; Appendix 2: Glossary; References; Index.

Alan Barnard is Emeritus Professor of the Anthropology of Southern Africa, University of Edinburgh. His many books include Hunters and Herders of Southern Africa, Social Anthropology and Human Origins, Genesis of Symbolic Thought, Language in Prehistory, and Bushmen: Kalahari Hunter-Gatherers and Their Descendants, all published by Cambridge University Press. In 2010 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy.

• Preface; 1. Visions of Anthropology; 2. Precursors; 3. Changing perspectives on evolution; 4. Diffusionist and culture-area theories; 5. Functionalism and structural-functionalism; 6. Action and process; 7. Marxist perspectives; 8. From relativism to cognitive science; 9. Structuralism, from linguistics to Anthropology; 10. Poststructuralists and feminists; 11. Mavericks; 12. Interpretive approaches; 13. Postmodernism and its aftermath; 14. Conclusions; Appendix 1: Dates of birth and death; Appendix 2: Glossary; References; Index.