Eric robert wolf 1923 1999 (2 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1-12 pages with cited references. Quarto (11" x 8 1/4") bound in original publisher's wrappers. current Anthropology Volume 35 Number 1 complete issue. First edition. This chapter raises questions about the provenience of the key anthropological ideas of race, culture, and peoplehood or ethnicity, as well as about their conceptual reach and continued efficacy in changing times, focusing on the concept of race, because it remains a major source of demonology in this country. It also considers the concept of culture, especially the idea that humans depend heavily on behavior which is learned, not inborn, and that this capacity for learning has fostered the proliferation of quite varied bodies of thought and action. The study briefly discusses the notion of peoples, envisaged these days as social entitiesethnic groups or nationalitiesthat are conscious of themselves as owners of distinctive cultural traditions passed on along the lines of shared descent. The relation between professional dialect and more general discourse needs to be understood as part of the wider interplay between anthropology and other kinds of public understanding. Condition: Light edge wear else better than very good.…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. 287-301 pages with cited references. Octavo (9" x 6") bound in original publisher's stapled wrappers. Anthropological Quarterly Volume 42, Number 3 complete issue. First edition. Anthropological Quarterly, also known as AQ, is a peer-reviewed journal published by the George Washington University Institute for Ethnographic Research. AQ was founded in 1921 by the Catholic University of America and was published from 1921 to 1953 under the name Primitive Man. While continuing to publish outstanding, original, data-driven articles that advance ethnography and anthropological theory, AQ also asks intellectuals to contribute to on-going public debates relevant to contemporary experiences and public debates. Topics include: war, racism, poverty, nationalism, globalization, human rights, and the social, legal, and ethical implications of new genetic technologies. Essays on such timely topics are published in our "Social Thought and Commentary" section. Condition: Old institutional stamp to front wrappers, toning to edges, light edge wear, spine ends chipped else very good.…