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Encountering aborigines a case study: anthropology and the Australian aboriginal.

Encountering Aborigines: A Case Study: Anthropology and the Australian Aboriginal details the concerns in contemporary anthropological research of aboriginal Australians.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Burridge, Kenelm
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, Pergamon Press [1973]
Series:Pergamon frontiers of anthropology series, PFAS-1.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Encountering Aborigines: A Case Study: Anthropology and the Australian Aboriginal; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1. Anthropological Man; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 THE REACH INTO OTHERNESS; 3 A EUROPEAN SIGNATURE; CHAPTER 2. Australian Man; 1 ABORIGINAL STUDIES: PERSPECTIVE; 2 THE SKEINS OF LIFE; 3 ""WE"" AND ""THEY""; CHAPTER 3. Transitional Man; 1 PLACING ABORIGINES; 2 WHAT KIND OF MAN?; 3 RATIONAL DECEPTIONS; 4 SCIENCE, MORALITY, AND INTELLECTUAL PERCEPTION; CHAPTER 4. Organization Man; 1 FIXING THE PURPOSES; 2 CRITERIA OF COMPARISON
  • 3 THE LOGICAL AND EMPIRICAL4 MATHEMATICS, OBJECTIVITY, AND SOCIOLOGICAL LANGUAGE; CHAPTER 5. Religious Man; 1 PHENOMENON AND ONTOLOGY; 2 RELIGIOUS LIFE; 3 TOTEMISM; 4 MYTHOLOGIES; 5 REALITY AND ILLUSION; CHAPTER 6. Man Transformed; 1 THE ENCOUNTER: ACTION DIMENSIONS; 2 A REFORMER'S SCIENCE; 3 THE CONTACT SITUATION; 4 CONCLUSION; Works Cited; Index