Anthropology, Culture and Society
What is Anthropology? - Second Edition
Thomas Hylland Eriksen
Leading anthropologist Thomas Hylland Eriksen shows how anthropology is a revolutionary way of thinking about the human world. Perfect for students, but also for those who have never encountered anthropology before, this book explores the key issues in an exciting and innovative way.
Lucid and accessible, What is Anthropology? draws examples from current affairs as well as previous anthropological studies. He looks at the history of anthropology, its unique research methods and some of its central concepts, such as society, culture and translation.
This second edition contains a new introduction, as well as updates throughout. New content includes discussions about Brexit, the rise of the populist Right in Europe, the anthropology of climate change and social media. What is Anthropology? shows in persuasive ways why anthropology is a fundamental intellectual discipline, perhaps more so in the 21st century than ever before.
Other books by Thomas Hylland Eriksen
Anthropology, Culture and Society
Small Places, Large Issues - Fourth Edition
An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
Thomas Hylland Eriksen
The classic introduction to social and cultural anthropology, now updated.
Anthropology, Culture and Society
Ethnicity and Nationalism - Third Edition
Anthropological Perspectives
Thomas Hylland Eriksen
New edition of this core text for all students of social anthropology. Additions include cultural property rights and commercialisation of identity.
Overheating
An Anthropology of Accelerated Change
Thomas Hylland Eriksen
A major new intervention on the overarching challenges of modernity from one of the world’s leading anthropologists
Boomtown
Runaway Globalisation on the Queensland Coast
Thomas Hylland Eriksen
An anthropological study of a community 'marinated' in fossil fuels, fraught by ambivalence and conflict.