Radcliffe-Brown : journeys through colonial worlds, 1881-1955
Isak Niehaus
Bok · Engelsk · 2025
| Originaltittel | [ Radcliffe-Brown ]
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| Omfang | 351 sider
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| Opplysninger | Introduction -- The makings of an aristocratic anarchist, 1881-1905 -- Fieldwork in the Andamans and Western Australia, 1906-1912 -- Writing anthropology from the margins, 1912-1919 -- Marketing anthropology in South Africa, 1919-1925 -- A Bohemian in Sydney, 1926-1931 -- Debates in Chicago, 1931-1936 -- Oxford in wartime, 1937-1945 -- A restless retirement, 1946-1955 -- Conclusion.. - "Alfred Radcliffe-Brown (1881-1955) is widely renowned as a founder of modern social anthropology. This biography challenges popular stereotypes of him as a misplaced positivist and colonial conservative. It shows Radcliffe-Brown to be a thoroughly cosmopolitan scholar, a committed fieldworker and a sharp critic of colonialism. Radcliffe-Brown engaged strategically with colonial authorities to further the interests of his discipline and invoked scientific credentials to critique central aspects of colonial rule. His struggle for intellectual autonomy and advocacy of a comparative sociological approach speaks to many contemporary concerns"--
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| Emner | Radcliffe-Brown, A. R. ((Alfred Reginald),) , 1881-1955.
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| ISBN | 9781805397687
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