Our Common Denominator : Human Universals Revisited /

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Since the politicization of anthropology in the 1970s, most anthropologists have been reluctant to approach the topic of universals-that is, phenomena that occur regularly in all known human societies. In this volume, Christoph Antweiler reasserts the importance of these cross-cultural commonalities...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Antweiler, Christoph (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2016]
Temas:
Anthropology > Philosophy.
Civilization > History.
Universals (Philosophy)
Universals (Philosophy).
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Methodology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 Humankind: Current Societal Debates
  • Chapter 2 A World of Cultures: Their Differences and Likenesses
  • Chapter 3 Cultures and Human Nature: Human Beings Are Biologically Cultural
  • Chapter 4 Universals: Examples from Several Realms
  • Chapter 5 Methods: Deduction, Case Studies, and Comparison
  • Chapter 6 Taxonomy: The Forms, Levels, and Depth of Universals
  • Chapter 7 Toward Explanation: Why Do Universals Exist?
  • Chapter 8 Critical Positions: Arguments against Universalism
  • Chapter 9 Synthesis: Human Universals and Human Sciences
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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