Synthesizing British, French, and American traditions, Llobera (anthropology, University College London) introduces social and cultural anthropology and places them in a wider context which encompasses macro-sociological concepts and reference to biological evolution. Writing in a clear and concise

Introduction Aims Bibliography MODULE 1 The scope and method of anthropology Introduction Aims 1. Definitions 2. The sub-disciplines of anthropology 3. The concept of culture 4. Ethnography 5. The uses of history in anthropology 6. Sociology and social/cultural anthropology 7. The historical and comparative method 8. Fads and foibles of anthropology Summary Essay questions Test questions Bibliography Answers to test questions MODULE 2 Conceptual and institutional overview Introduction Aims 1. Economics 2. Kinship 3. Person, self and individual 4. Religion Summary Essay questions Test questions Bibliography Answers to test questions MODULE 3 The evolution and structure of human societies Introduction Aims 1. Darwin’s theory of evolution 2. The human legacy: adapted mind or adaptable mind? 3. The study of humanity: assumptions, theories and typologies 4. Hunting and gathering, horticultural and pastoral societies 5. Agrarian societies 6. Industrial societies: the making of the mpdern world Summary Essay questions Test questions Bibliography Answers to test questions MODULE 4 The politics of cultural identity: nationalism, ethnicity, race and multiculturalism Introduction Aims 1. Definitions 2. Nations and nationalism 3. Ethnicity 4. Race 5. The politics of multiculturalism Summary Essay questions Test questions Bibliography Answers to test questions EPILOGUE Anthropology and the contemporary world 1. The anthropology of Europe 2. The process of cultural globalisation 3. Looking at the future: a clash of civilisations? Bibliography Index