1. Social Anthropology: Comparison and Context: The Origins of
Social Anthropology
2. The Course of Inquiry: Why We Believe We Know Something; Field
Work; Interpretation and
Analysis; Anthropology as Politics
3. The Social Person: The Societal Character of Humans; Social
Statuses and Relationships, Roles
4. Social Organisation: Social Control and Socialisation, The
Household, The Village
5. Individual and Society, Social Organisation and Systems, Society
and Individuals, Structures and Processes.
6. Why is Kinship Important, Kinship as Society, Forms of
Kin-Reckoning
7. Marriage and Kinship: Exchange of Women, Descent and Alliance,
some Further Reflections on Kinship
8. Social Differentiation, 1. Gender and Age.
9. Social Differentiation, 2. Caste and Class
10 Politics Without a State, What is Politics, Integration and
Conflict in Kinship Societies, Political Dynamics and Change,
Politics as Strategic Action.
11. Economy and Society, Reciprocity and Gift Economies, Economics
and Morality: Economic Spheres, Economic Systems, Economy and
Power.
12. Nature and Society, Interrelationships between Social and
Ecological Factors, Technology, Ecology and Social
Organisation.
13. Religion and Ritual, the Supernatural, Ritual, Religion in
Practise, Some Perspectives on Morality
14. Modes of Thought, The Social Construction of Knowledge,
Classification
15. Social and Cultural Change, The Spread of Capitalism,
Encounters between Cultures, Anthropology on its Way Home
16. Ethnicity, Relationships Between Groups, Identity and
Organisation
17. Nationalism and Minorities, Nationalism, Minorities and the
State.
18. The Local and the Global, Towards a Global Culture, Differences
and Similarities
Bibliography
Subject Index
Name Index
Thomas Hylland Eriksen is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo and former President of the European Association of Social Anthropologists. He is the author of numerous classics of anthropology, including Small Places, Large Issues - 4th Edition (Pluto, 2015) and What is Anthropology? - 2nd Edition (Pluto, 2017).
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Praise for the First Edition: 'Fills a gap and fills it in an
exemplary fashion ... Students at all levels will learn a lot from
it, and, perhaps more importantly, be provoked to think more.'
--Journal of Area Studies
Praise for the first edition: "Fills a gap and fills it in an
exemplary fashion ... Students at all levels will learn a lot from
it, and, perhaps more importantly, be provoked to think more."
Journal of Area Studies
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