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‘social anthropology’ is the more usual designation. In continental Europe, the word ‘anthropology’ often still tends to carry the meaning ‘physical anthropology’, though there too ‘social anthropology’ is now rapidly gaining ground as a synonym for ‘ethnology’. Indeed, the main
27 sty 2018 · Summary. In this chapter, we present the major anthropological currents that directly or. indirectly made use of the notion of society in their theoretical reflections and. analyses of...
Presenting a ground-breaking revitalisation of contemporary social theory, this book revisits the rise of the modern world to reopen the dialogue between anthropology and sociology.
The Dictionary of Anthropology.; Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology: Humanity, Culture, and Social Life.; A Dictionary of Cultural and Critical Theory.
Containing contributions from American and British social anthropologists and historians, the volume bridges the disciplines of social history, cultural anthropology, and economics, and marks a major step in our understanding of the cultural basis of economic life and the sociology of culture.
On the other hand, from the fifteenth century onwards, a range of new ideas and new forms of social life have appeared, which will form the groundwork on which anthropology and the other social sciences will be built. Two of these new ideas have been discussed above.
Anthropology is a social science, which studies mankind in its entirety. The term in its literal sense means, “study of mankind”, as it is a combination of two Greek words, namely, anthropos and logos. Anthropology has gained popularity rapidly within the social/ behavioral sciences circle. Through its various fields of specialization, it
