Literature

The Anthropological Circle

Management No. BFM011202

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Contents: Preface = ⅶ Introduction. Anthropology without history or anthropology in history? = 1 1. The anthropological circle = 14 Two axes and four poles = 14 Evolution, culture, symbol = 18 Evolution, culture, function = 22 Symbol, function = 25 Symbol, function, culture = 33 Culture, symbol = 36 2. Some questions concerning the nurrent state of anthropology = 42 The Philosopher’s questions = 42 Meaning, non-meaning and structure: Claude Levi-Strauss = 50 Symbol and function: Victor Turner = 61 Instances and determination: Marxist anthropology = 65 3. From moral crisis to intellectual doubt = 78 The object of anthropology = 79 Ethnocentrism and anti-ethnocentrism = 90 Scientific practice, militant practice = 94 Conclusions = 101 New sites, new stakes = 101 Here, today = 102 Social logics = 108 A myth, a neccessity: interdisciplinarity = 111 Notes = 116 Index = 125