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35 produkter
Marxist Analyses and Social Anthropology
Inbunden, 2004
4217 kr
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Reflecting the first evaluation among British and American anthropologists of the relevance of Marxist theory for their discipline, the studies in this volume cover a wide geographical and social spectrum ranging from rural Indonesia, Imperial China, Highland Burma and the Abron kingdom of Gyaman.A …
Marxism and Anthropology
The History of a Relationship
Inbunden, 2004
7556 kr
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This book examines the uses made of anthropology by Marx and Engels, and the uses made of Marxism by anthropologists. Looking at the writings of Marx and Engels on primitive societies, the book evaluates their views in the light of present knowledge and draws attention to inconsistencies in their …
Marxist Analyses and Social Anthropology
Häftad, 2010
747 kr
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Reflecting the first evaluation among British and American anthropologists of the relevance of Marxist theory for their discipline, the studies in this volume cover a wide geographical and social spectrum ranging from rural Indonesia, Imperial China, Highland Burma and the Abron kingdom of Gyaman.A …
Marxism and Anthropology
The History of a Relationship
Häftad, 2010
747 kr
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This book examines the uses made of anthropology by Marx and Engels, and the uses made of Marxism by anthropologists. Looking at the writings of Marx and Engels on primitive societies, the book evaluates their views in the light of present knowledge and draws attention to inconsistencies in their …
Money and the Morality of Exchange
Av Maurice Bloch, Jonathan Parry
E-bok, 1989
408 kr
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This volume deals with the way in which money is symbolically represented in a range of different cultures, from South and South-east Asia, Africa and South America. It is also concerned with the moral evaluation of monetary and commercial exchanges as against exchanges of other kinds. The essays …
Anthropology and the Cognitive Challenge
Häftad, 2012
422 kr
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This provocative new study one of the world's most distinguished anthropologists proposes that an understanding of cognitive science enriches, rather than threatens, the work of social scientists. Maurice Bloch argues for a naturalist approach to social and cultural anthropology, introducing …
Death and the Regeneration of Life
Av Bloch Parry, Bloch/Parry m. fl.
Häftad, 1982
422 kr
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It is a classical anthropological paradox that symbols of rebirth and fertility are frequently found in funerary rituals throughout the world. The original essays collected here re-examine this phenomenon through insights from China, India, New Guinea, Latin America, and Africa. The contributors, …
From Blessing to Violence
History and Ideology in the Circumcision Ritual of the Merina
Häftad, 1986
699 kr
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The circumcision ritual of the Merina of Madagascar is seen by them primarily as a blessing, involving the transfer of the love and concern of the ancestors of their descendants. Yet the ritual ends in an act of ciolent wounding of the child. Similarily, while the ritual involves a symbolic assault …
Money and the Morality of Exchange
Av Jonathan Parry, Maurice Bloch
Inbunden, 1989
1710 kr
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This volume deals with the way in which money is symbolically represented in a range of different cultures, from South and South-east Asia, Africa and South America. It is also concerned with the moral evaluation of monetary and commercial exchanges as against exchanges of other kinds. The essays …
Money and the Morality of Exchange
Av Jonathan Parry, Maurice Bloch
Häftad, 1989
422 kr
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This volume deals with the way in which money is symbolically represented in a range of different cultures, from South and South-east Asia, Africa and South America. It is also concerned with the moral evaluation of monetary and commercial exchanges as against exchanges of other kinds. The essays …
Prey into Hunter
The Politics of Religious Experience
Inbunden, 1991
993 kr
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Maurice Bloch has for many years been developing an original and influential theory of ritual. In this book he synthesises a radical theory of religion. Rituals in a great many societies deny the transience of life and of human institutions. Bloch argues that they enact this denial by symbolically …
Prey into Hunter
The Politics of Religious Experience
Häftad, 1991
292 kr
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Maurice Bloch has for many years been developing an original and influential theory of ritual. In this book he synthesises a radical theory of religion. Rituals in a great many societies deny the transience of life and of human institutions. Bloch argues that they enact this denial by symbolically …
Anthropology and the Cognitive Challenge
Inbunden, 2012
976 kr
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This provocative new study one of the world's most distinguished anthropologists proposes that an understanding of cognitive science enriches, rather than threatens, the work of social scientists. Maurice Bloch argues for a naturalist approach to social and cultural anthropology, introducing …
Ritual, History and Power
Selected Papers in Anthropology
E-bok, 2020
745 kr
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This volume provides a collection of some of Maurice Bloch''s most important work, including influential essays on power, hierarchy, death and fertility.
Essays on Cultural Transmission
E-bok, 2020
707 kr
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This book brings together recent work by Maurice Bloch which explores the highly controversial territory between the cognitive and social sciences. The essays are of broad, theoretical interest and aim to combine naturalistic approaches to cognition with a recognition and respect for the cultural …
Ritual, History and Power
Selected Papers in Anthropology
E-bok, 2020
745 kr
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This volume provides a collection of some of Maurice Bloch''s most important work, including influential essays on power, hierarchy, death and fertility.
Essays on Cultural Transmission
E-bok, 2020
707 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book brings together recent work by Maurice Bloch which explores the highly controversial territory between the cognitive and social sciences. The essays are of broad, theoretical interest and aim to combine naturalistic approaches to cognition with a recognition and respect for the cultural …
Marxist Analyses and Social Anthropology
E-bok, 2013
883 kr
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Reflecting the first evaluation among British and American anthropologists of the relevance of Marxist theory for their discipline, the studies in this volume cover a wide geographical and social spectrum ranging from rural Indonesia, Imperial China, Highland Burma and the Abron kingdom of Gyaman.A …
Marxist Analyses and Social Anthropology
E-bok, 2013
883 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Reflecting the first evaluation among British and American anthropologists of the relevance of Marxist theory for their discipline, the studies in this volume cover a wide geographical and social spectrum ranging from rural Indonesia, Imperial China, Highland Burma and the Abron kingdom of Gyaman.A …
Marxism and Anthropology
The History of a Relationship
E-bok, 2013
864 kr
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This book examines the uses made of anthropology by Marx and Engels, and the uses made of Marxism by anthropologists. Looking at the writings of Marx and Engels on primitive societies, the book evaluates their views in the light of present knowledge and draws attention to inconsistencies in their …
Marxism and Anthropology
The History of a Relationship
E-bok, 2013
883 kr
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This book examines the uses made of anthropology by Marx and Engels, and the uses made of Marxism by anthropologists. Looking at the writings of Marx and Engels on primitive societies, the book evaluates their views in the light of present knowledge and draws attention to inconsistencies in their …
Death and the Regeneration of Life
Av Jonathan Parry, Maurice Bloch
E-bok, 1982
408 kr
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It is a classical anthropological paradox that symbols of rebirth and fertility are frequently found in funerary rituals throughout the world. The original essays collected here re-examine this phenomenon through insights from China, India, New Guinea, Latin America, and Africa. The contributors, …
In and Out of Each Other's Bodies
Theory of Mind, Evolution, Truth, and the Nature of the Social
E-bok, 2015
883 kr
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What is human sociality? How are universals such as truth and doubt variously demonstrated and negotiated in different cultures? This book offers an accessible introduction to these and other fundamental human questions. Bloch shows that the social consists of two very different things. One is a …
In and Out of Each Other's Bodies
Theory of Mind, Evolution, Truth, and the Nature of the Social
E-bok, 2015
883 kr
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What is human sociality? How are universals such as truth and doubt variously demonstrated and negotiated in different cultures? This book offers an accessible introduction to these and other fundamental human questions. Bloch shows that the social consists of two very different things. One is a …
In and Out of Each Other's Bodies
Theory of Mind, Evolution, Truth, and the Nature of the Social
Inbunden, 2012
2504 kr
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What is human sociality? How are universals such as truth and doubt variously demonstrated and negotiated in different cultures? This book offers an accessible introduction to these and other fundamental human questions. Bloch shows that the social consists of two very different things. One is a …
In and Out of Each Other's Bodies
Theory of Mind, Evolution, Truth, and the Nature of the Social
Häftad, 2013
747 kr
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What is human sociality? How are universals such as truth and doubt variously demonstrated and negotiated in different cultures? This book offers an accessible introduction to these and other fundamental human questions. Bloch shows that the social consists of two very different things. One is a …
Ritual, History and Power
Selected Papers in Anthropology
Inbunden, 1989
2504 kr
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This volume provides a collection of some of Maurice Bloch's most important work, including influential essays on power, hierarchy, death and fertility.
Essays on Cultural Transmission
Inbunden, 2005
2433 kr
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This book brings together recent work by Maurice Bloch which explores the highly controversial territory between the cognitive and social sciences. The essays are of broad, theoretical interest and aim to combine naturalistic approaches to cognition with a recognition and respect for the cultural …
Essays on Cultural Transmission
Häftad, 2005
599 kr
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This book brings together recent work by Maurice Bloch which explores the highly controversial territory between the cognitive and social sciences. The essays are of broad, theoretical interest and aim to combine naturalistic approaches to cognition with a recognition and respect for the cultural …
Ritual, History and Power
Selected Papers in Anthropology
Häftad, 1989
631 kr
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This volume provides a collection of some of Maurice Bloch's most important work, including influential essays on power, hierarchy, death and fertility.
