The reinvention of primitive society : transformations of a myth /

The Invention of Primitive Society, Adam Kuper's best selling critique of ideas about the origins of society and religion that have been much debated since Darwin, has been hugely influential in anthropology and post-colonial studies. This topical new edition, entitled The Reinvention of Primit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kuper, Adam
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Ethnology > History.
Anthropology.
Indigenous peoples.
Noble savage stereotype.
Ethnologie > Histoire.
Homme primitif.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Ethnology.
Primitive societies.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part PART 1 The idea of primit ive society
  • chapter 1 The myth of primitive society
  • chapter 2 Barbarian, savage, primitive
  • part PART I I Ancient law, ancient society and totemism
  • chapter 3 Henry Maine's patriarchal theory
  • chapter 4 Lewis Henry Morgan and Ancient Society
  • chapter 5 The question of totemism
  • part PART I II Evolut ion and di f fus ion: Boas, Rivers and Radcl i f fe-Brown
  • chapter 6 The Boasians and the critique of evolutionism
  • chapter 7 From Rivers to Radcliffe-Brown
  • part PART IV Descent and al l iance
  • chapter 8 Descent theory: a phoenix from the ashes
  • chapter 9 Towards the intellect
  • part Part V Back to the beginning
  • chapter 10 The return of the native
  • chapter 11 Conclusion.

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