Anthropology - Soc Sci

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1. Natural Symbols

   Explorations in Cosmology, 3rd Edition

   By Professor Mary Douglas, Mary Douglas

   Series: Routledge Classics

   One of the most important works of modern anthropology. Written against the backdrop of the student uprisings of the late 1960s, the book took seriously the revolutionary fervour of the times, but instead of seeking to destroy the rituals and symbols that can govern and oppress, Mary Douglas saw...

   Published August 13th 2003 by Routledge
2. Purity and Danger

   An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo

   By Professor Mary Douglas

   Series: Routledge Classics

   In Purity and Danger Mary Douglas identifies the concern for purity as a key theme at the heart of every society. In lively and lucid prose she explains its relevance for every reader by revealing its wide-ranging impact on our attitudes to society, values, cosmology and knowledge. The book has...

   Published September 11th 2002 by Routledge
3. The Gift

   The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies, 2nd Edition

   By Marcel Mauss

   Series: Routledge Classics

   In this, his most famous work, Marcel Mauss presented to the world a book which revolutionized our understanding of some of the basic structures of society. By identifying the complex web of exchange and obligation involved in the act of giving, Mauss called into question many of our social...

   Published October 10th 2001 by Routledge
4. Understanding Media

   2nd Edition

   By Marshall McLuhan

   Series: Routledge Classics

   When Marshall McLuhan first coined the phrases "global village" and "the medium is the message" in 1964, no-one could have predicted today's information-dependent planet. No-one, that is, except for a handful of science fiction writers and Marshall McLuhan. Understanding Media was written twenty...

   Published May 17th 2001 by Routledge
5. Sex and Repression in Savage Society

   2nd Edition

   By Bronislaw Malinowski

   Series: Routledge Classics

   During the First World War the pioneer anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski found himself stranded on the Trobriand Islands, off the eastern coast of New Guinea. By living among the people he studied there, speaking their language and participating in their activities, he invented what became known...

   Published May 16th 2001 by Routledge
6. Myth and Meaning

   By Claude Lévi-Strauss

   Series: Routledge Classics

   In addresses written for a wide general audience, one of the twentieth century's most prominent thinkers, Claude Lévi-Strauss, here offers the insights of a lifetime on the crucial questions of human existence. Responding to questions as varied as 'Can there be meaning in chaos?', 'What can science...

   Published May 16th 2001 by Routledge