Fredrik Barth

Thomas Hylland Eriksen (1962 – 2024) was Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo and former President of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA). He was among the most highly cited anthropologists of his generation, and his classic and accessible textbook Small Places, Large Issues remains a cornerstone in anthropology courses. His later books, including Overheating, tackled the important issue of climate change within the discipline.

• List of IllustrationsSeries PrefacePrefacePart I: A Man of Action1. Watching and Wandering2. The Power and the Glory3. Nomadic Freedom4. Entrepreneurship5. The Global Theorist6. Ethnic Groups and BoundariesPart II: An Anthropology of Knowledge7. Baktaman Vibrations8. A New Kind of Complexity9. Turbulent Times10. Cultural Complexity11. The Guru and the Conjurer12. Between Art and ScienceNotesList of Works by Fredrik BarthList of Other ReferencesIndex

'Fredrik Barth was an extraordinary ethnographer who did path-breaking fieldwork in Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Indonesia and New Guinea. This book tells Barth's story with sympathy, insight and great verve'