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Understanding Cultures: Perspectives in Anthropology and Social Theory, 2nd Edition

ISBN: 978-0-631-22115-9

September 2001

Wiley-Blackwell

288 pages

Description

Understanding Cultures confronts the major theoretical issues involved in cross-cultural interpretation. The book introduces students to rationality among the ancestors of anthropology before proceeding to a wide-ranging evaluation of the Anglo-American rationality debates.

About the Author
Robert C. Ulin is Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Professor of Anthropology at Rochester Institute of Technology, and an international expert in theory and the anthropology of work. He is the author of numerous books and articles on social theory and the anthropology of Europe, including Vintages and Traditions (1996).
Features

  • Features an ambitious theoretical agenda that is widely applicable to numerous disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, philosophy, religion and legal studies.

  • Moves the focus of rationality debates to considerations of globalism, borders and cultural diaspora.

  • Proves distinctive in theoretical ambition and extent, offering rich consideration of original sources in hermeneutics and Marxism.