Key Debates in Anthropology

by Tim Ingold

Book Overview

Every year, leading social anthropologists meet to debate a motion at the heart of current theoretical developments in their subject and this book includes the first six of these debates, spanning the period from 1988 to 1993. Each debate has four principal speakers: one to propose the motion, another to oppose it, and two seconders.
The first debate addresses the disciplinary character of social anthropology: can it be regarded as a science, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415150205
• ISBN13: 9780415150200
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"