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Why Humans Have Cultures Michael Carrithers (Professor of Anthropology, Professor of Anthropology, University of Durham)

Why Humans Have Cultures By Michael Carrithers (Professor of Anthropology, Professor of Anthropology, University of Durham)

Why Humans Have Cultures by Michael Carrithers (Professor of Anthropology, Professor of Anthropology, University of Durham)

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Aims to provide an introduction to anthropology, showing it as an activity which helps us to understand human social and cultural diversity. This book is also an invitation to anthropologists, which began with the question: Why do humans have such diverse cultures and ways of life?.

Why Humans Have Cultures Summary

Why Humans Have Cultures: Explaining Anthropology and Social Diversity by Michael Carrithers (Professor of Anthropology, Professor of Anthropology, University of Durham)

Why do humans have such diverse cultures and ways of life? Michael Carrithers presents an original and powerful answer to this central problem of anthropology, arguing that it is the ways in which people interact, rather than technological advances, that have been of crucial importance in human history. Lucid and thought-provoking, he draws both on ancient and contemporary examples to show how this perspective forms a firm foundation for the study of culture, society, and history.

About Michael Carrithers (Professor of Anthropology, Professor of Anthropology, University of Durham)

Michael Carrithers is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Durham.

Table of Contents

The question - one strand, a second strand, a third strand, and all strands together; the great arc - the great arc, sea shells, between, Europe and the people without history, metamorphic life, the question again; beginning to make history - Darwinian demands, the basic sketch, social and technical intelligence, the selective advantage of sociality, an evolutionary ratchet, the invention of history, three tales; the anatomy of sociality - intersubjectivity, mind-reading, politeness, pedagogy and aesthetic standards, creativity and repetition with constant variation, speech and stories, putting it back together; reading minds and reading life - research programmes, narrative thought, Oedipus Rex, making events, recapitulation; the bull and the saint - the philosopher and the story-teller, a short, sharp story, ambiguities, Siddhasagar again, a disagreement, paradigmatic thought again, imagery.

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GOR006432885
9780192892119
0192892118
Why Humans Have Cultures: Explaining Anthropology and Social Diversity by Michael Carrithers (Professor of Anthropology, Professor of Anthropology, University of Durham)
Michael Carrithers (Professor of Anthropology, Professor of Anthropology, University of Durham)
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Oxford University Press
19921119
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The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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