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27 sty 2018 · PDF | In this chapter, we present the major anthropological currents that directly or indirectly made use of the notion of society in their theoretical... | Find, read and cite all the...
‘State’ shows how anthropology has used the concept to convey and prescribe stabilised order and classificatory identities within bounded social units, the message being that state and nation-state are ideological constructs that, when applied to social life, lead to skewed expectations.
Culture is understood here in its wide anthropological and sociological sense; by the subjects of culture, the author means individual producers, informal groups and social movements, NGOs, subjects of social economics, etc.
The social and cultural anthropology syllabus is closely linked to this, striving to develop internationally minded people who recognize their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet, and who help create a better and more peaceful world. DP social and cultural anthropology facilitates the development of
Cultural anthropology focuses on how people create and define distinct ways of living, and how these ways interact over time and across space. The discipline is rooted in the idea that understanding social and cultural difference enables us to better navigate our interconnected, multicultural world. This course will look at some of
Part of the difficulty with a cross-cultural analysis of commodities is that, as with other matters in social life, anthropology is excessively dualistic: "us and them"; "materialist and religious"; "objectification of persons" versus "personification of things"; "market exchange" versus "reciprocity"; and so forth.
9 paź 2003 · Download Citation | The Meanings of Social Life: A Cultural Sociology | This book presents a new approach to how culture works in contemporary societies.
