文档介绍：SMALL PLACES, LARGE ISSUES
An Introduction to
Social and Cultural Anthropology
SECOND EDITION
THOMAS HYLLAND ERIKSEN
Pluto P Press
LONDON • STERLING, VIRGINIA
First published 1995
Second edition 2001
by PLUTO PRESS
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Copyright © Thomas Hylland Eriksen 1995, 2001
The right of Thomas Hylland Eriksen to be identified as the author
of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with
the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from
the British Library
ISBN 0 7453 1773 1 hardback
ISBN 0 7453 1772 3 paperback
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Eriksen, Thomas Hylland.
Small places, large issues: an introduction to social and cultural
anthropology / Thomas Hylland Eriksen.—2nd ed.
p. cm. —(Anthropology, culture, and society)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0–7453–1773–1 (hardback) — ISBN 0–7453–1772–3 (pbk.)
1. Ethnology. I. Title. II. Series.
GN316 .E75 2001
306—dc21
00–012920
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CONTENTS
Preface vii
Preface to the second edition ix
1. Introduction: Comparison and Context 1
2. A Brief History of Anthropology 9
3. Fieldwork and its Interpretation 24
4. The Social Person 40
5. anisation 58
6. Person and Society 73
7. Kinship as Descent 93
8. Marriage and Alliance 108
9. Gender and Age 124
10. Social Hierarchies 142
11. Politics and Power 157
12. Exchange 176
13. Production and Technology 193
14. Religion and Ritual 209
15. Modes of Thought 227
16. The Challenge of Multiple Traditions 245
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