Chapter 1 The Concept of Anthropology and the Early Development of It What's Anthropology? Founders of Anthropology The Main Contributions of Edward Tylor Lewis Henry Morgan:the Evolution of Society Franz Boas:Cultures not Culture Emile Durkheim:the Relationship between Individual and Society Further readings: 1. The Science of Culture 2. What Is a Social Fact? Eile Durkheim( 1858 -1917) 3. The Methods of Ethnology Franz Boas (1858 -1942)
Chapter 2 The Individual and Culture Alfred Kroeber: Configurations of Culture Ruth Benedict :Patterns of Culture Margaret Mead:The Personality and Culture Edward Sapir: Culture, Language and the Individual Bronislaw Malinowski:The Functions of Culture Further readings: 1. Psychological Types in the Cultures of the Southwest Ruth Fulton Benedict( 1887- 1948) 2. Introduction to Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies Margaret Mead ( 1901 - 1978) 3. The Essentials of the Kula Bronislaw Malinowski ( 1884 - 1942 )
Chapter 3 The Nature of Society Marcel Mauss : Social Exchange A. R. Radcliffe-Brown:The Structure of Society Edward Evans-Pritchard : Social Anthropology, Social History Further readings: 1. Excerpts from The Gift Marcel Mauss(lg72 -1950) 2. The Mother's Brother in South Africaa A. R.Radcliffe-Brown( 1881 - 1955 )
Chapter 4 Cultural Ecology, Materialism and Neoevolutionary Theories Leslie White:Evolution Reemergent and Cuhurology Julian Steward:Cultural Ecology and Muhilinear Evolution Marvin Harris : Cultural Materialism Further reading: 1. The Cultural Ecology of India's Sacred Cattle Marvin Harris( 1927 - 2001 )
Chapter 5 Structures, Symbols and Meaning Claude L6vi-Strauss : Structuralism Victor Turner : Symbols and Pilgrims Clifford Geertz:An Interpretive Anthropology Mary Douglas : Pollution and Purity Further reading: 1. Deep Play:Notes on the Balinese Cockfight Clifford Geertz ( 1926 - 2006 )
Chapter 6 Structures,Practices and Agency Sherry Ortner: Symbols, Gender, Practice Pierre Bourdieu : Practice and Habitus : an Anthropology of Practice Further reading : 1. Is Female to Male as Nature Is to Culture? Sherry B. Ortner(1941—— )
Chapter 7 Research Methods in Anthropology Different Levels of Methods Variables Preparing for Research The Literature Search Sampling Interviewing Participant Observation Brief Introduction to Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
Chapter 8 Ethnic Group and Ethnicity The Concepts and Theories of Ethnicity Ethnicity, Religion, and Language Ethnicity in the Modern World