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This introductory chapter discusses the theme of this volume, which is about social life and cultural sociology.
Contents. 1.1 Introduction. 1.2 Social Anthropology: A Branch of Anthropology. 1.2.1 What is Social Anthropology. 1.2.2 Cultural Anthropology. 1.2.3 How Social Anthropology Developed. 1.2.4 Methods of Social Anthropology. 1.3 Nature and Scope of Social Anthropology. 1.3.1 Scope of Social Anthropology.
Social anthropology is the study of human society and cultures through a comparative lens. Social anthropologists seek to understand how people live in societies and how they make their lives meaningful.
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.
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Common links between people who live in these places include a high-vegetable, low-animal-product diet (eggs and fish are the exception), a lively social life and regular activity, and a strong sense of cultural identity.
