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Subject(s)

• Anthropology [Browse]

Series

• Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography ; II. [More in this series]
• Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. Raymond Firth : collected works ; II [More in this series]

Summary note

• Drawing on a wide range of illustrations, including Firth's own experiences in New Zealand, Malaya and the Solomon Islands, the concept of social organization is discussed with special reference to the role of individual choice and decision in social affairs and the nature of social change.
• An illuminating introduction to the methods and problems of social anthropology, this book draws on a wide range of illustrations, including Raymond Firth's own experiences in New Zealand, Malaya and the Solomon Islands. The concept of social organisation is discussed with special reference to the role of individual choice and decision in social affairs and the nature of social change. Social organisation in relation to economic, aesthetic, moral and religious values is also examined. First published in 1951. This re-issue is of the third, 1961 edition. An illuminating introduction to the methods and problems of social anthropology, this book draws on a wide range of illustrations, including Raymond Firth's own experiences in New Zealand, Malaya and the Solomon Islands. The concept of social organisation is discussed with special reference to the role of individual choice and decision in social affairs and the nature of social change. Social organisation in relation to economic, aesthetic, moral and religious values is also examined. First published in 1951. This re-issue is of the third, 1961 edition.

Notes

First published in 1971 by Tavistock Publications.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 12, 2013).

Language note

English

Contents

1. The Meaning of Social Anthropology2. Structure and Organization in a Small Community3. Social Change in Peasant Communities4. The Social Framework of Economic Organization5. The Social Framework of Primitive Art6. Moral Standards and Social Organization7. Religion in Social Reality

ISBN

• 1-315-01752-0
• 1-136-53689-2

OCLC

• 862049047
• 900481675

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