Anthropology after Gluckman : the Manchester school, colonial and postcolonial transformations /

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This book places the Manchester School in the vanguard of modern social anthropology. Werbner reveals not only the cosmopolitan distinctiveness but also the force of creative difference in the ideas, interdisciplinary approaches, and travelling theories of the intimate circle around Max Gluckman.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Werbner, Richard P. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Gluckman, Max, > 1911-1975.
Gluckman, Max, > 1911-1975
Anthropology.
Ethnology.
Manchester school of economics.
Postcolonialism.
Anthropologie.
Ethnologie.
École de Manchester (Économie politique)
Postcolonialisme.
anthropology.
ethnology.
social anthropology.
postcolonialism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
Anthropology
Ethnology
Manchester school of economics
Postcolonialism
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front matter
  • Dedication
  • Praise poem
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Max Gluckman in South Africa: role model, early leadership
  • Max Gluckman's commitments, projects and legacies
  • Elizabeth Colson: home town anthropologist, systems sceptic
  • Clyde Mitchell and A. L. Epstein: urban perspectives
  • Relational thought, networks, circles
  • Friendship, interlocking directorates, cosmopolitanism
  • A. L. Epstein's enduring argument: the reasonable man and emotion
  • Victor Turner's 'voyage of discovery'
  • The re-analysis of Chihamba, the White Spirit Anthropology and the postcolonial
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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