Foundations of anthropological theory
Subtitle: from classical antiquity to early modern Europe
By: edited by Robert Launay
Series: Blackwell anthologies in social & cultural anthropology -- 12
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chichester, U.K; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781405187763; 9781405187756
Description: Launay presents a selection of key texts that reflect the broad range of thought on human behaviour, from Herodotus and Ibn Battuta to Adam Smith and Adam Ferguson. He reveals how the concerns of anthroplogy were first formulated and explores the origins of different social and political systems.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.