Perspectives on Africa
Subtitle: A Reader in Culture, History and Representation (Global Perspectives)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: January 1, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 772
ISBN-13: 9781557866868
Subjects: African history; Anthropology; Cultural studies; Political Science; Economic conditions; Sociology; Politics/International Relations; Africa; Politics and government; Anthropology - Cultural; AFRICA_CIVILIZATION; AFRICA_POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT; Political Science / General; General; Africa, Sub-Saharan; Ethnology; Social life and customs
First sentence: Much of the history of anthropology, and of social theory in general, has been devoted to answering a central sociological question: Given that societies are made up of a multiplicity of individuals, with different interests and motivations, how do societies stay together?