Peoples and Cultures of the World

by Edward Fischer

Streaming video, 2004

Status

Available

Call number

301

Collections

Publication

Great Courses (2004), 12 hours, 24 lectures, 120 page booklet

Description

In this course of lectures Prof. Fischer surveys anthropology, the study of human societies and comparative customs with a special emphasis on pre-capitalist societies and the things which pre-capitalist societies and modern societies have in common.

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

120 p.; 9.1 inches

ISBN

1565859170 / 9781565859173

Local notes

[01] Study of humanity [02] Four fields of anthropology [03] Culture and relativity [04] Fieldwork and the anthropological method [05] Nature, nurture, and human behavior [06] Languages, dialects, and social categories [07] Language and thought [08] Constructing emotions and identities [09] Magic, religion, and codes of conduct [10] Rites of passage [11] Family, marriage, and incest [12] Multiple spouses and matrilineality [13] Gatherers and hunters [14] Headmen and horticulturists [15] Cannibalism and violence [16] Role of reciprocity [17] Chiefdoms and redistribution [18] Cultural contact and colonialism [19] Cultures of capitalism [20] Is economics rational? [21] Late capitalism : from Ford to Disney [22] Maya, ancient and modern [23] Maya resurgence in Guatemala and Mexico [24] Janus face of globalization

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