Perspectives in Cultural Anthropology

Designed as a reader for courses, this anthology presents an array of theories and interpretations in the field of modern cultural anthropology. It provides a deeper understanding of the major theoretical orientations which have historically guided and currently guide anthropological research.

Table of Contents:
Preface I. Overview Herbert Applebaum 1. A Quarter Century of American Anthropology Robert F. Murphy II. Nineteenth Century Evolutionism Introduction: Herbert Applebaum 2. The Science of Culture Edward B. Tylor 3. Ethnical Periods Lewis H. Morgan III. The Boasian Attack - Historical Particularism Introduction: Herbert Applebaum 4. The Limitations of the Comparative Method of Anthropology Franz Boas 5. The Nature of Culture Alfred L. Kroeber 6. The Determinants of Culture Robert H. Lowie 7. The Integration of Culture Ruth Benedict IV. Integration of Cultures - Structuralism and Functionalism Introduction: Herbert Applebaum 8. The Group and the Individual in Functional Analysis Bronislaw Malinowski 9. On Social Structure Alfred R. Radcliffe-Brown V. Psychological Anthropology Introduction: Herbert Applebaum 10. The Technique of Psychodynamic Analysis Abram Kardiner 11. Introduction: Coming of Age in Samoa Introduction: Growing Up in Manus Society Margaret Mead 12. Covert Culture and Administrative Problems Clyde Kluckhohn 13. A Strategy for Psychocultural Research John and Beatrice Whiting VI. Twentieth Century Evolution and Ecological Anthropology Introduction: Herbert Applebaum 14. Cultural Causality and Law: A Trial Formulation of the Development of Early Civilizations Julian H. Steward 15. Energy and the Evolution of Culture Leslie A. White 16. Evolutionary Epistemology and Human Values Ronald Cohen 17. Introduction: Ecological Anthropology Donald L. Hardesty 18. Reductionsim in Cultural Ecology: The Amazon Case Allen Johnson VII. Cultural Materialism and Marxism Introduction: Herbert Applebaum 19. Theoretical Principles of Cultural Materialism: The Struggle for A Science of Culture Marvin Harris 20. Cultural Materialism and the Problem of Probabilities Paul J. Magnarella 21. The Scope and Boundaries of Anthropology: Perspectives in Marxist Anthropology Maurice Godelier 22. Genetic Epistemology, Marxism, and Anthropology Gerald Berthoud VIII. Economic Anthropology and the Anthropology of Work Introduction: Herbert Applebaum 23. Economic Anthropology Richard F. Salisbury 24. Theoretical Issues in Economic Anthropology George Dalton 25. The Universal Aspects of Work Herbert Applebaum IX. Structuralism and Cognitive Anthropology Introduction: Herbert Applebaum 26. Social Structure: Structural Anthropology Claude Levi-Strauss 27. Intellectual Antecedents of Levi-Strauss' Notion of Unconscious Ino Rossi 28. Whatever Happened to Cognitive Anthropology: A Partial Review Michael H. Agar 29. Cognition as a Residual Category in Anthropology Laboratory of Comparative Human Cognition 30. The Margaret Mead Controversy: Culture, Biology, and Anthropological Inquiry Nancy Scheper-Hughes X. Sociobiology Introduction: Herbert Applebaum 31."Hope" From "On Human Nature" Edward O. Wilson 32. Anthropology and the Nature of Things Napoleon A. Chagnon XI. Symbolic and Humanistic Anthropology Introduction: Herbert Applebaum 33. Symbols in African Ritual Victor W. Turner 34. Kinship, Nationality, and Religion in American Culture: Toward a Definition of Kinship David M. Schneider 35. Leaders and Followers: Cultural Pattern and Political Symbolism in Yugoslavia Frank A. Dubinskas 36. Interpretive Anthropology Clifford Geertz XII. Concluding Remarks Introduction: Herbert Applebaum 37. Epistle to the Anthropologists I. C. Jarvie Chapter Sources Bibliography Index

About the Author :
Herbert Applebaum is editor of Work in Non-Market and Transitional Societies and Work in Market and Industrial Societies, both published by SUNY Press. Dr. Applebaum also edits the "Anthropology of Work Review."

Review :
"I like the scope of the selections chosen, and the fact that they represent a wide range of contemporary points of view. The collection of readings fills a void in the materials available on contemporary anthropological theory. I learned some things I hadn't known." - Bernice A. Kaplan, Wayne State University "This book was highly interesting to me, an anthropologist who has long taught ethnological theory. What I like most is the very catholic approach of the author, which successfully brings much of the range of variation in the theory of cultural anthropology to the attention of the reader. Applebaum is evenhanded in his discussions of particular theories, and the readings selected are quite apropos of the theories discussed."- Frederick C. Gamst, University of Massachusetts