A History of Anthropological Theory

by Paul A. Erickson, Liam D. Murphy

In the latest edition of their popular overview text, Erickson and Murphy continue to provide a comprehensive, affordable, and accessible introduction to anthropological theory from antiquity to the present. A new section on twenty-first-century anthropological theory has been added, with more coverage given to postcolonialism, non-Western anthropology, and public anthropology. The book has also been redesigned to be more visually and pedagogically engaging. Used on its own, or paired with the companion volume Readings for a History of Anthropological Theory, Fourth Edition, this reader offers a flexible and highly useful resource for the undergraduate anthropology classroom.

Genres: Anthropology, Nonfiction, History, Textbooks, Social Science, Read For School, College

296 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1998

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Dr. Paul A. Anderson, Ph.D. (Connecticut), is Professor of Anthropology at Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Reviews

[Riversue]

These types of books are often quite unreadable but this one was an enjoyable and enlightening read.

[Brianna Herndon]

Good overview, but the definitions in this book were really not good. For most underlined terms, the book would talk about them as if you already knew what they meant, never giving a precise definition in the text. Although there was a glossary of terms at the end of the book, they were often one sentence long, not providing nearly the amount of information or clarity that I desired.

[Matthew Ledrew]

An invaluable and immensely readable text.

There are two types of anthropological texts: accessible to the general public, and not.

This is the former. :)

[Repa Kustipia]

Buku yang cukup lengkap untuk membedah teori dalam antropologi terutama pada hal yang berbeda.
Sebagai antropolog yanh telah mampu mendiskusikan teori tanpa selalu harus mengartikulasikan apa artinya sendiri atau kepada orang lain.

Hal ini terutama benar dalam "sejarah antropologi sebagai teori" dengan penjelasan sebuah topik wacana antropologis yang mapan dimana Teori dan teoretikus bisa menjadi penting dan berpengaruh,

Antropolog mencoba membentuk garis keturunan nenek moyang secara teoretis karena sejarah evolusi dimana keturunannya memposisikan diri untuk mendapatkan identitas teoretis dalam sudut pandang yang berdeda namun historis.

Buku yang tidak terlalu mudah dibaca, namun lengkap, jika merasa kurang lengkap, disilakan mengecek rujukan aslinya pada referensi yang digunakan, karena catatan kaki saja tidak lengkap.

[Alyssa Eve]

I do believe I will continue to reference this book for the entirety of my career, it is a good jumping off point to delve deeper into specific theorists that are relevant to my work and the works I engage with.

[Anthony Shull]

Great, short, introduction to anthropological theory. Hits the highlights in a way that you can explore more with theories that interest you without getting bogged down in long expisitions of theories in which you have less interest.

[Kim Shively]

I use this in my class - it has a substantial update in this latest edition.

[Georgia Swanson]

accessible, helpful synthesis after taking a whole course on the history of anthropological thought.

[Phoenix2]

a really nice journey through the history of anthropology.

[Lori Whitman]

A great overview without being too dry and maintaining neutrality.