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Frederick George Bailey (24 February 1924 – 8 July 2020 [1]), who published professionally as F. G. Bailey, was a British social anthropologist who spent the second half of his career in the United States at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). He received his Ph.D. in social anthropology from Manchester University, working under ...
Religions. Social and cultural anthropology. v. t. e. Talal Asad (born 1932) is a Saudi-born cultural anthropologist who is currently Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His prolific body of work mainly focuses on religiosity, Middle Eastern ...
Marshall David Sahlins (/ ˈsɑːlɪnz / SAH-linz; December 27, 1930 – April 5, 2021) [1][2] was an American cultural anthropologist best known for his ethnographic work in the Pacific and for his contributions to anthropological theory. He was the Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and of Social Sciences ...
ISBN. 0-465-09719-7. The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays is a 1973 book by the American anthropologist Clifford Geertz. The book is a foundational text in cultural anthropology and represents Geertz ’s vision of how culture should be studied and understood. The essays collectively argue for a new approach to anthropology, one that ...
The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia is a book-length anthropological and historical study of the Zomia highlands of Southeast Asia written by James C. Scott published in 2009. [1][2] Zomia, as defined by Scott, includes all the lands at elevations above 300 meters stretching from the Central Highlands of ...
He concludes that the cockfight serves as the Balinese commentary on themselves, as it embodies the network of social relationships in kin and village that govern traditional Balinese life. The title of the essay is explained as a concept of British philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832), who defines "deep play" as a game with stakes so high ...
Scientific career. Fields. Anthropology, Linguistics. Institutions. Rice University, University of California, Davis, Tulane University. Stephen A. Tyler (1932-2020) was an American anthropologist and Herbert S. Autrey Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Linguistics at Rice University. [2] He is known for his works on cultural anthropology.
e. Cultural anthropology is a branch of anthropology focused on the study of cultural variation among humans. It is in contrast to social anthropology, which perceives cultural variation as a subset of a posited anthropological constant. The term sociocultural anthropology includes both cultural and social anthropology traditions.