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From an award-winning anthropologist, a lively, accessible, and irreverent introduction to the field What is anthropology? What can it tell us about the world? Why, in short, does it matter? For well over a century, cultural anthropologists have circled the globe, from Papua New Guinea to California, uncovering surprising insights about how huma
From an award-winning anthropologist, a lively, accessible, and irreverent introduction to the field What is anthropology? What can it tell us about the world? Why, in short, does it matter? For well over a century, cultural anthropologists have circled the globe, from Papua New Guinea to California, uncovering surprising insights about how huma
Matthew Engelke is an anthropologist at Columbia University, where he directs the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life.
“An excellent overview of the debates and issues that have shaped
this hugely influential social science. . . . Using an eclectic
range of examples, including `bridewealth’ in modern China and the
role of social values in Downton Abbey, [Engelke] shows how
anthropology reveals both the limits of common sense and the
universal lessons that can be drawn from communities
everywhere.”—P. D. Smith, The Guardian
“An affable introduction to the discipline.”—James Ryerson, New
York Times Book Review
“I love what Engelke does in this book. . . . [He] achieves his
goal with crystal-clear writing, and occasional humor,
too.”—Barbara J. King, NPR
“Sets forth the anthropological sensibility as a mode of thinking
that might encourage us to better appreciate the complexity and
diversity of the modern world.”—Lamorna Ash, Times Literary
Supplement
“Clearly the work of an author having tremendous fun with material
he knows inside out.”—Simon Underdown, Times Higher Education
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