Meaning As An Anthropological Category
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Meaning As An Anthropological Category
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Author : Viktor Emil Frankl
language : de
Publisher: C. Winter
Release Date : 1996
Meaning As An Anthropological Category written by Viktor Emil Frankl and has been published by C. Winter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Meaning (Philosophy) categories.
Meaning In Anthropology
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Author : School of American Research (Santa Fe, N.M.)
language : en
Publisher: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press
Release Date : 1980
Meaning In Anthropology written by School of American Research (Santa Fe, N.M.) and has been published by Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Anthropology categories.
Reference to Australian Aboriginal speech p. 31-32.
Conceptualizing Religion
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Author : Saler
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 1993-03-01
Conceptualizing Religion written by Saler and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-03-01 with Religion categories.
How might we transform a folk category — in this case, religion — into an analytical category suitable for cross-cultural research? In addressing that question, this book critically explores various approaches to the problem of conceptualizing religion for scholarly purposes, particularly with respect to certain disciplinary interests of anthropologists. The author argues that the most plausible analytical strategy can be based on the idea of family resemblances, especially as that idea has been used and developed in contemporary prototype theory. In the solution proposed, religion is conceptualized as an affair of 'more or less' rather than a matter of 'yes or no,' and no sharp line is drawn between religion and non-religion.
Conceptualizing Religion
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Author : Benson Saler
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2000
Conceptualizing Religion written by Benson Saler and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Law categories.
How might we transform a folk category - in this case religion - into a analytical category suitable for cross-cultural research? In this volume, the author addresses that question. He critically explores various approaches to the problem of conceptualizing religion, particularly with respect to certain disciplinary interests of anthropologists. He argues that the concept of family resemblances, as that concept has been refined and extended in prototype theory in the contemporary cognitive sciences, is the most plausible analytical strategy for resolving the central problem of the book. In the solution proposed, religion is conceptualized as an affair of "more or less" rather than a matter of "yes or no," and no sharp line is drawn between religion and non-religion.
Implicit Meanings
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Author : Professor Mary Douglas
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2010-10-14
Implicit Meanings written by Professor Mary Douglas and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-14 with Social Science categories.
Implicit Meanings was first published to great acclaim in 1975. It includes writings on the key themes which are associated with Mary Douglas' work and which have had a major influence on anthropological thought, such as food, pollution, risk, animals and myth. The papers in this text demonstrate the importance of seeking to understand beliefs and practices that are implicit and a priori within what might seem to be alien cultures.
The Category Of The Person
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Author : Michael Carrithers
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1985-12-27
The Category Of The Person written by Michael Carrithers and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985-12-27 with Philosophy categories.
The concept that people have of themselves as a 'person' is one of the most intimate notions that they hold. Yet the way in which the category of the person is conceived varies over time and space. In this volume, anthropologists, philosophers, and historians examine the notion of the person in different cultures, past and present. Taking as their starting point a lecture on the person as a category of the human mind, given by Marcel Mauss in 1938, the contributors critically assess Mauss's speculation that notions of the person, rather than being primarily philosophical or psychological, have a complex social and ideological origin. Discussing societies ranging from ancient Greece, India, and China to modern Africa and Papua New Guinea, they provide fascinating descriptions of how these different cultures define the person. But they also raise deeper theoretical issues: What is universally constant and what is culturally variable in people's thinking about the person? How can these variations be explained? Has there been a general progressive development toward the modern Western view of the person? What is distinctive about this? How do one's notions of the person inform one's ability to comprehend alternative formulations? These questions are of compelling interest for a wide range of anthropologists, philosophers, historians, psychologists, sociologists, orientalists, and classicists. The book will appeal to any reader concerned with understanding one of the most fundamental aspects of human existence.
Meaning In Culture
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Author : F. Allan Hanson
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2004
Meaning In Culture written by F. Allan Hanson and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Social Science categories.
Meaning in Culture discusses the question of whether 'culture' refers to some superorganic entity that exists in its own right, or is only convenient short-hand for the shared beliefs and behaviour of human individuals. It also investigates the problem of relativism and explores the question of whether anthropology and the other social sciences are really scientific. First published in 1975.
Category Of The Person
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Author : Michael Carrithers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Category Of The Person written by Michael Carrithers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with categories.
Symbols And Meaning
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Author : Mari Womack
language : en
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Release Date : 2005-04-07
Symbols And Meaning written by Mari Womack and has been published by Rowman Altamira this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-04-07 with Social Science categories.
Womack offers a concise and easy-to-read overview of the power and meaning of symbols in all human societies. She describes how symbols_images, words, or behaviors with multi-layered meanings_are mechanism of communication. She demonstrates how we experience the power of symbols in all aspects of human life: birth, death, love, sexual desire, and the need for food and shelter. Womack investigates the use of symbols in the language of religion, healing, politics, social organization and control, popular culture, psychology, philosophy, semiotics, magic and expressive culture, including art, aesthetics, literature, theater, sports, and music. The author's eclectic, anthropological approach incorporates the social, conceptual and psychological dynamics of symbols. Her new book is an essential introductory textbook for courses that define fundamental concepts in religion, cultural anthropology, communication, and art.
Art And Agency
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Author : Alfred Gell
language : en
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Release Date : 1998-07-09
Art And Agency written by Alfred Gell and has been published by Clarendon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-07-09 with Social Science categories.
Alfred Gell puts forward a new anthropological theory of visual art, seen as a form of instrumental action: the making of things as a means of influencing the thoughts and actions of others. He argues that existing anthropological and aesthetic theories take an overwhelmingly passive point of view, and questions the criteria that accord art status only to a certain class of objects and not to others. The anthropology of art is here reformulated as the anthropology of a category of action: Gell shows how art objects embody complex intentionalities and mediate social agency. He explores the psychology of patterns and perceptions, art and personhood, the control of knowledge, and the interpretation of meaning, drawing upon a diversity of artistic traditions—European, Indian, Polynesian, Melanesian, and Australian. Art and Agency was completed just before Alfred Gell's death at the age of 51 in January 1997. It embodies the intellectual bravura, lively wit, vigour, and erudition for which he was admired, and will stand as an enduring testament to one of the most gifted anthropologists of his generation.