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Marvin Harris is arguably the most influential, prolific anthropological theorist of our time. This book brings together many of the strands of his work of the past two decades into a unified, contemporary statement on anthropological theory and practice. In this book, he presents his current views on the nature of culture addressing such issues as the mental/behavioral debate, emics and etics, and anthropological holism. He resoundly critiques many current theoretical trends_from sociobiology to postmodernism to Afrocentrism. And he offers a cultural materialist perspective on diverse contemporary issues such as the IQ question and the fall of communism. Harris' thought-provoking and controversial theoretical views will be required reading for all anthropologists, social theorists, and their students.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Cultural studies

• Full title: Theories of Culture in Postmodern Times
• Author: Marvin Harris
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• EAN: 9780761990215
• ISBN: 0761990216
• ID: 04915187
• Publisher: AltaMira Press,U.S.
• Weight: 313 g
• Dimensions: 231 × 155 × 12 mm
• Date of publishing: 16. October 1998

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