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Reinvention of Primitive Society

Transformations of a Myth

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

AvAdam Kuper,UK) Kuper, Adam (London School of Economics and Political Science

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Adam Kuper’s iconoclastic intellectual history argues that the idea of “primitive society” is a western myth. The “primitive” is imagined as the opposite of the “civilised”. But this is a protean myth. As ideas about civilisation change, so the image of primitive society must be adjusted. By way of fascinating account of classic texts in anthropology, ancient history and law, Kuper reveals how this myth underpinned academic research and inspired political programmes. Its ancestry is traced back to classical western beliefs about barbarians and savages, and Kuper also tackles the latest version of the myth, the idea of a global identity of “indigenous peoples”. The Reinvention of Primitive Society is a key text in the history of anthropology, and will interest anyone who has puzzled about the very idea of “primitive society” – and so, by implication, about “civilisation”.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2017-02-14
Mått156 x 234 x 19 mm
Vikt440 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Classic Texts in Anthropology
Antal sidor224
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781138282650

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PART ONE: THE IDEA OF PRIMITIVE SOCIETY1. The Myth of Primitive Society2. Barbarian, Savage, Primitive PART TWO: ANCIENT LAW, ANCIENT SOCIETY AND TOTEMISM3. Henry Maine’s Patriarchal Theory 4. Lewis Henry Morgan and Ancient Society 5. The Question of Totemism PART THREE: EVOLUTION AND DIFFUSION – BOAS, RIVERS AND RADCLIFFE-BROWN6. The Boasians and the Critique of Evolutionism 7. From Rivers to Radcliffe-Brown PART FOUR: DESCENT AND ALLIANCE8. Descent Theory: a Phoenix From the Ashes 9. Towards the Intellect: Alliance Theory and Totemism PART FIVE: BACK TO THE BEGINNING10. The return of the native 11. Conclusion