The Rebirth of Anthropological Theory

by Stanley R. Barrett

Book Overview

Innovative and often controversial, Barrett's study ranges over the entire scope of anthropological theory. It provides a fresh interpretation of the history of theory and mounts an alternative perspective, built around dialectics, that is eminently suitable to post-colonial anthropology.

He argues that anthropological theory has failed to be cumulative. It has been characterized by oscillation and repetition - theoretical orientations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802067182
• ISBN13: 9780802067180
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"