The Ceremonial Animal

A New Portrait of Anthropology
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-19-926334-9
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 410 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 620 g

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.

Wendy James's engaging style will appeal to specialist and non-specialist alike. The Foreword is written by Michael J. Lambek, Professor of Anthropology, University

Zielgruppe

Teachers, second and third year undergraduates, and graduate students of anthropology and neighbouring fields in the sciences and humanities, interdisciplinary courses, including cultural studies, the non-specialist reader.

Autoren/Hrsg.

James, Wendy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie

Über Autor(innen)

President, Royal Anthropological Institute, 2001-; Vice-President, British Institute in Eastern Africa, 2001-; appointed Fellow of the British Academy 1999;Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Oxford 1996-; Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford.