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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