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Companion encyclopedia of anthropology. / edited by Tim Ingold.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Routledge, c1997.Description: xxxiv, 1127 p. : ill. 23 cmISBN:
  • 0-415-16421-4
Subject(s): Summary: Concerns human life in all it's aspects.It puts emphasis on "humanity","culture",and "social life".On humanity,it stresses that human beings as memebers of a species and on how human populations have adapted to-and in turn transformed -their environments.Culture focuses on on the origination ,structure,transmission and material expression of the symbolically constituted froms of human culture,and on the role of culture in action,perception and cognition.Social life examines various facets-familial,economic,political,etc.-of the relationships and processes that are carried on by persons and groups,through the medium of cultural forms,in the historical process of social life.
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Reference Reference Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Reference GN 11 .C738 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 3AEA0000265966

Concerns human life in all it's aspects.It puts emphasis on "humanity","culture",and "social life".On humanity,it stresses that human beings as memebers of a species and on how human populations have adapted to-and in turn transformed -their environments.Culture focuses on on the origination ,structure,transmission and material expression of the symbolically constituted froms of human culture,and on the role of culture in action,perception and cognition.Social life examines various facets-familial,economic,political,etc.-of the relationships and processes that are carried on by persons and groups,through the medium of cultural forms,in the historical process of social life.

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