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"This book provides a splendid answer as to why anthropology goes on mattering and also to why no surgery can separate it from sociology." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Review from the first edition:'No more sparkling and suggestive work of social science is likely to appear in the near future. This book provides a splendid answer as to why anthropology goes on mattering and also as to why no surgery can separate it from sociology.' - The Economist
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"This book provides a splendid answer as to why anthropology goes on mattering and also to why no surgery can separate it from sociology." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Review
Review from the first edition:'No more sparkling and suggestive work of social science is likely to appear in the near future. This book provides a splendid answer as to why anthropology goes on mattering and also as to why no surgery can separate it from sociology.' - The Economist
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Inside This Book Citations: This book cites 98 books | 100 books that cite this book Explore: Citations | Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Key Phrases - CAPs: New York, Mary Douglas, Kegan Paul, International African Institute, Nelson Goodman (more) Browse Sample Pages: Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me! |
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The Lele are the western neighbours of the Bushongo in the southwest of the Belgian Congo. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Mary Douglas, Kegan Paul, International African Institute, Nelson Goodman, Oxford University Press, Edmund Leach, Godfrey Lienhardt, New Guinea, Old Testament, Robertson Smith, Royal Society, Twin Parents, Cambridge University Press, Clarendon Press, David Hull, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Northwest Coast, Ralph Bulmer, Victor Turner, Franz Steiner, Ian Hacking, Mary Hesse, Chicago University Press, David Bloor New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
The Lele are the western neighbours of the Bushongo in the southwest of the Belgian Congo. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Mary Douglas, Kegan Paul, International African Institute, Nelson Goodman, Oxford University Press, Edmund Leach, Godfrey Lienhardt, New Guinea, Old Testament, Robertson Smith, Royal Society, Twin Parents, Cambridge University Press, Clarendon Press, David Hull, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Northwest Coast, Ralph Bulmer, Victor Turner, Franz Steiner, Ian Hacking, Mary Hesse, Chicago University Press, David Bloor New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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