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- catalog abstract ""Adapting Wittgenstein's concept of the human species as 'a ceremonial animal', Wendy James writes vividly and readably. Her new overview advocates a clear line of argument: that the concept of social form is a primary key to anthropology and the human sciences as a whole. Weaving memorable ethnographic examples into her text, James brings together carefully selected historical sources as well as references to current ideas in neighbouring disciplines such as archaeology, paleoanthropology, genetics, art and material culture, ethnomusicology, urban and development studies, politics, economics, psychology, and religious studies. She shows the relevance of anthropology to pressing world issues such as migration, humanitarian politics, the new reproductive technologies, and religious fundamentalism"--Publisher description.".
- catalog contributor b13107794.
- catalog created "2005.".
- catalog date "2005".
- catalog date "2005.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2005.".
- catalog description ""Adapting Wittgenstein's concept of the human species as 'a ceremonial animal', Wendy James writes vividly and readably. Her new overview advocates a clear line of argument: that the concept of social form is a primary key to anthropology and the human sciences as a whole. Weaving memorable ethnographic examples into her text, James brings together carefully selected historical sources as well as references to current ideas in neighbouring disciplines such as archaeology, paleoanthropology, genetics, art and material culture, ethnomusicology, urban and development studies, politics, economics, psychology, and religious studies. She shows the relevance of anthropology to pressing world issues such as migration, humanitarian politics, the new reproductive technologies, and religious fundamentalism"--Publisher description.".
- catalog description "I: The quest for pattern. Key questions in anthropology -- Dialogues with grand theory -- II: Shape and rhythm in social forms. Species, space, and time -- Life in motion : daughters of the dance -- Ritual, memory, and religion -- III: Language and the making of persons. Speech and social engagement -- The dialectics of gender and generation -- Human bodies, social persons, and conscious selves -- IV: Practice, production, and politics in the ceremonial arena. The "home-made" patterns of livelihood -- Towards large-scale modern forms -- From local to global peace and war -- V: Concluding essay. Anthropology as a human science : conversations with history and religion.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [346]-354) and index.".
- catalog extent "xxiii, 384 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0199263337 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog identifier "0199263345 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "2005".
- catalog issued "2005.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford, UK ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "301 22".
- catalog subject "Ethnology Methodology.".
- catalog subject "Ethnology Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "GN345 .J42 2003".
- catalog subject "Philosophical anthropology.".
- catalog subject "Rites and ceremonies.".
- catalog tableOfContents "I: The quest for pattern. Key questions in anthropology -- Dialogues with grand theory -- II: Shape and rhythm in social forms. Species, space, and time -- Life in motion : daughters of the dance -- Ritual, memory, and religion -- III: Language and the making of persons. Speech and social engagement -- The dialectics of gender and generation -- Human bodies, social persons, and conscious selves -- IV: Practice, production, and politics in the ceremonial arena. The "home-made" patterns of livelihood -- Towards large-scale modern forms -- From local to global peace and war -- V: Concluding essay. Anthropology as a human science : conversations with history and religion.".
- catalog title "The ceremonial animal : a new portrait of anthropology / Wendy James ; with a foreword by Michael Lambek.".
- catalog type "text".