Essays on Social Organization and Values - Couverture rigide

Firth, Raymond

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0485195283 ISBN 13 : 9780485195286

Editeur : The Athlone Press, 1964

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In this volume Professor Firth has brought together and commented upon a number of his papers on anthropological subjects published over the last thirty years. All these essays relate in different ways to his continuing interest in the study of social process, especially in the significance within a social context of individual choice and decision. Although some specialist studies are included, e.g. the group of papers dealing with the Polynesian island of Tikopia, the main themes of the book are broad ones and there are important general essays on such topics as social change; social structure and organization; modern society in relation to scientific and technological progress; and the study of values, mysticism, and religion by anthropologists. There is also a hitherto unpublished chapter on anthropology as a developing science.

Biographie de l'auteur

The author is Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science and a fellow of the British Academy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Athlone Press
• Date d'édition: 1964
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0485195283
• ISBN 13: 9780485195286
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 334
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible