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ISBN
9780415175791
Published
1998-01-29
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight
670 gr
Height
216 mm
Width
138 mm
Age
U, G, 05, 01
Language
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Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
278
Author
Professor Jarvie examines the nature of the revolution in social anthropology in order to investigate its results. Working within Karl Popper's radical view of the nature of science, he argues that the subject is one of the oldest and most fundamental of all studies and suggests it can easily be traced back to Plato and Aristotle, not merely as a matter of historical curiosity, but as having fruitful results for the understanding of Malinowski and the revolution.
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Chapter 1 Metaphysics and Method in Social Anthropology; Chapter 2 An Empirical Case-Study; Chapter 3 A Survey of Explanations of Cargo Cults; Chapter 4 Explanation and Explaining the Cults; Chapter 5 Methodological Discussion of the Theories; Chapter 6 The Aims and Methods of Social Anthropology;
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Product details
ISBN
9780415175791
Published
1998-01-29
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight
670 gr
Height
216 mm
Width
138 mm
Age
U, G, 05, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
278
Author