1st Edition

Evans-Pritchard

By Mary Douglas Copyright 2003
164 Pages
by Routledge

164 Pages
by Routledge

164 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1980, this book provides an overview of E. E. Evans-Pritchard's approach to anthropology. His seminal works on the Azande and the Nuer had an immense impact on the field in Britain. He wrote these works in his thirties and forties, after which time he became chair of anthropology at Oxford. His pupils and colleagues from his days as the head of Institute of Social Anthropology... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Human Mental Faculties; Chapter 3 The Continuity of Evans-Pritchard's Program; Chapter 4 Fieldwork Methods; Chapter 5 Accountability among the Azande; Chapter 6 Accountability among the Nuer; Chapter 7 Reasoning and Memory; Chapter 8 Nuer Religion; Chapter 9 Contradiction; Chapter 10 Evans-Pritchard's Contemporary Influence;

Biography

Mary Douglas