Details

Subject(s)

• Sociology—Methodology [Browse]

Series

• Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography ; XIII. [More in this series]
• Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. Social and cultural anthropology ; XIII [More in this series]

Summary note

• Focussing on the methodology of social anthropology, this book covers the following: the aims of social anthropology; observation and description; psychology in observation; the material of observation; institutions; and more.
• Focussing on the methodology of social anthropology this book covers the following: . The aims of social anthropology . Observation and description . Psychology in observation . The material of observation . Institutions . Groupings . Explanation . Experimental anthropology . Psychological explanations . Function and pattern. Originally published in 1951 Focussing on the methodology of social anthropology this book covers the following: . The aims of social anthropology . Observation and description . Psychology in observation . The material of observation . Institutions . Groupings . Explanation . Experimental anthropology . Psychological explanations . Function and pattern. Originally published in 1951

Notes

First published in 1951.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 27, 2013).

Language note

English

Contents

1. Prolegomena: Why Anthropology?2. The Aims of Social Anthropology3. Observation and Description4. Psychology in Observation5. The Material of Observation6. Institutions7. Groupings8. Explanation9. Experimental Anthropology10. Experimental Anthropology (continued)11. Psychological Explanations: Mental Energy12. Psychological Explanations: Action Potentials13. Function and Pattern

ISBN

• 1-136-54284-1
• 1-136-54277-9
• 1-315-01773-3

OCLC

• 862613904
• 868979695

Doi

• 10.4324/9781315017730

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