1st Edition
Human Alterity A Brief History of Anthropological Thought
By Carles Salazar
Copyright 2026
188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
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Human Alterity: A Brief History of Anthropological Thought offers an introduction to the history of anthropological thought, encompassing eleven concise chapters that revolve around the concept of human alterity.
Ever since the birth of our species, humans have wanted to understand people other than themselves. But what is an ‘alter’ human? Alter humans do not exist irrespective of the very... Read more
Introduction 1. Encountering the other 2. Civilization and savagery 3. The discontents of reason 4. A theory of human differences 5. Plural histories and relative cultures 6. Logic within society 7. The psychological turn 8. Relativism, symbolism and hermeneutics 9. The symphony of structures 10. Alterity politics Epilogue
Biography
Carles Salazar is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Lleida, Catalonia. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge and researches cognitive and evolutionary approaches to the study of culture. He is also author of Explaining Human Diversity: Cultures, Minds, Evolution (Routledge, 2018).
