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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...
5 wrz 2018 · Subsequently, the entry outlines the theoretical development of social and cultural anthropology during the twentieth century and the way in which this came to a moment of decisive crisis in...
‘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.
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. Exposing our everyday myths and...
One prominent anthropological example of these approaches, entailing interest in extended sociality through a broadening of the boundaries of the human, is the already mentioned perspectivism of Viveiros de Castro (1998;
As societies evolve and adapt to new circumstances, anthropologists examine how these changes affect people's lives, identities, and relationships. They explore how globalization, migration, technological advancements, and other forces shape cultural practices and reshape social structures.
The sociological study of culture, like its anthropological counterpart, is riddled with academic contention: tired and tortured conceptual contestations about the nature of culture itself (Sewell 2005, pp. 152–74; Sangren 2000, pp. 20–44; cf. Patterson 2007); debilitating uncertainty about the nature and centrality of meaning (Wuthnow 1987, pp....
