RT Book
T1 From anthropology to social theory: rethinking the social sciences
A1 Szakolczai, Árpád 1958-
A1 Thomassen, Bjørn 1968-
A2 Thomassen, Bjørn 1968-
LA English
PP Cambridge New York Port Melbourne New Delhi Singapore
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2019
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1645839591
AB Presenting a ground-breaking revitalization of contemporary social theory, this book revisits the rise of the modern world to reopen the dialogue between anthropology and sociology. Using concepts developed by a series of 'maverick' anthropologists who were systematically marginalised as their ideas fell outside the standard academic canon, such as Arnold van Gennep, Marcel Mauss, Paul Radin, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl and Gregory Bateson, the authors argue that such concepts are necessary for understanding better the rise and dynamics of the modern world, including the development of the social sciences, in particular sociology and anthropology. Concepts discussed include liminality, imitation, schismogenesis and trickster, which provide an anthropological 'toolkit' for readers to develop innovative understandings of the underlying power mechanisms of globalized modernity. Aimed at graduate students and researchers, the book is clearly structured. Part I introduces the 'maverick' anthropologists, while Part II applies the maverick tool-kit to revisit the history of sociological thought and the question of modernity
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 261-278
CN H61.15
SN 9781108423809
SN 9781108438384
K1 Social Sciences : Philosophy
K1 Anthropology
K1 Social Sciences