The human enterprise
Subtitle: a critical introduction to anthropological theory
By: James Lett.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Boulder
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 178
Subjects: Anthropology -- Philosophy; Anthropology -- Methodology
Notes: Bibliography: p. 157-169.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : the challenge of theory -- The philosophy of science. The pursuit of knowledge -- The activity of science -- The concept of scientific paradigms -- The anthropological perspective. The science of anthropology -- The domain of anthropological inquiry -- The concept of culture --  The importance of the emic / etic distinction -- The culture of anthropology -- The wisdom of eclecticism. The range of alternatives -- The paradigm of cultural materialism -- The paradigm of structuralism -- The paradigm of symbolic anthropology -- The question of paradigmatic commitment -- The clash of paradigms. The sound and the fury -- The image of limited good -- The intractable sacred cow.