Companion encyclopedia of anthropology / edited by Tim Ingold

Contributor(s):

Ingold, Tim [editor]

Series: Routledge referencePublication details: London ; New York : Routledge 2018Edition: Special Indian editionDescription: xxxiv, 1127 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

9781138033429

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

20 301 C738

Contents:

Introduction to humanity / Tim Ingold -- Humanity and animality / Tim Ingold -- The evolution of early hominids / Phillip V. Tobias -- Human evolution : the last one million years / Clive Gamble -- The origins and evolution of language / Philip Lieberman -- Tools and tool behaviour / Thomas Wynn -- Niche construction, evolution and culture / F.J. Odling-Smee -- Modes of subsistence : hunting and gathering to agriculture and pastoralism / Roy Ellen -- The diet and nutrition of human populations / Igor de Garine -- Demographic expansion : causes and consequences / Mark N. Cohen -- Disease and the destruction of indigenous populations / Stephen J. Kunitz -- Introduction to culture / Tim Ingold -- Why animals have neither culture nor history / David Premack, Ann James Premack -- Symbolism : the foundation of culture / Mary LeCron Foster -- Artefacts and the meaning of things / Daniel Miller -- Technology / François Sigaut -- Spatial organization and the built environment / Amos Rapoport. Perceptions of time / Barbara Adam -- Aspects of literacy / Brian V. Street, Niko Besnier -- Magic, religion and the rationality of belief / Gilbert Lewis -- Myth and metaphor / James F. Weiner -- Ritual and performance / Richard Schechner -- The anthropology of art / Howard Morphy -- Music and dance / Anthony Seeger -- The politics of culture : ethnicity and nationalism / Anthony D. Smith -- Introduction to social life / Tim Ingold -- Sociality among humans and non-human animals / R.I.M. Dunbar -- Rules and prohibitions : the form and content of human kinship / Alan Barnard -- Understanding sex and gender / Henrietta L. Moore -- Socialization, enculturation and the development of personal identity / Fitz John Porter Poole -- Social aspects of language use / Jean DeBernardi -- Work, the division of labour and co-operation / Sutti Ortiz -- Exchange and reciprocity / C.A. Gregory -- Political domination and social evolution / Timothy Earle -- Law and dispute processes / Simon Roberts -- Collective violence and common security / Robert A. Rubinstein -- Inequality and equality / André Béteille. The nation state, colonial expansion and the contemporary world order / Peter Worsley.

Summary: The last few decades have seen rapid advances of anthropological knowledge on a wide variety of fronts. The companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology provides a comprehensive survey of contemporary thinking in biological, social and cultural anthropology. In bringing these three fields together, the Companion establishes their interconnections and points the way for the future development of anthropological understanding.

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Subtitle on cover: Humanity, culture, and social life.

Introduction to humanity / Tim Ingold --
Humanity and animality / Tim Ingold --
The evolution of early hominids / Phillip V. Tobias --
Human evolution : the last one million years / Clive Gamble --
The origins and evolution of language / Philip Lieberman --
Tools and tool behaviour / Thomas Wynn --
Niche construction, evolution and culture / F.J. Odling-Smee --
Modes of subsistence : hunting and gathering to agriculture and pastoralism / Roy Ellen --
The diet and nutrition of human populations / Igor de Garine --
Demographic expansion : causes and consequences / Mark N. Cohen --
Disease and the destruction of indigenous populations / Stephen J. Kunitz --
Introduction to culture / Tim Ingold --
Why animals have neither culture nor history / David Premack, Ann James Premack --
Symbolism : the foundation of culture / Mary LeCron Foster --
Artefacts and the meaning of things / Daniel Miller --
Technology / François Sigaut --
Spatial organization and the built environment / Amos Rapoport. Perceptions of time / Barbara Adam --
Aspects of literacy / Brian V. Street, Niko Besnier --
Magic, religion and the rationality of belief / Gilbert Lewis --
Myth and metaphor / James F. Weiner --
Ritual and performance / Richard Schechner --
The anthropology of art / Howard Morphy --
Music and dance / Anthony Seeger --
The politics of culture : ethnicity and nationalism / Anthony D. Smith --
Introduction to social life / Tim Ingold --
Sociality among humans and non-human animals / R.I.M. Dunbar --
Rules and prohibitions : the form and content of human kinship / Alan Barnard --
Understanding sex and gender / Henrietta L. Moore --
Socialization, enculturation and the development of personal identity / Fitz John Porter Poole --
Social aspects of language use / Jean DeBernardi --
Work, the division of labour and co-operation / Sutti Ortiz --
Exchange and reciprocity / C.A. Gregory --
Political domination and social evolution / Timothy Earle --
Law and dispute processes / Simon Roberts --
Collective violence and common security / Robert A. Rubinstein --
Inequality and equality / André Béteille. The nation state, colonial expansion and the contemporary world order / Peter Worsley.

The last few decades have seen rapid advances of anthropological knowledge on a wide variety of fronts. The companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology provides a comprehensive survey of contemporary thinking in biological, social and cultural anthropology. In bringing these three fields together, the Companion establishes their interconnections and points the way for the future development of anthropological understanding.

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