Visions of Culture: An Introduction to Anthropological Theories and Theorists

(Paperback, Fifth Edition)

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Visions of Culture: An Introduction to Anthropological Theories and Theorists, Fifth Edition, has been updated and expanded and provides a succinct, clear, and balanced introduction to theoretical developments in the field. The key ideas of thirty major theorists are briefly described andunique to this textbooklinked to the biographical and fieldwork experiences that helped shape their theories. The impact of each scholar on contemporary anthropology is presented, along with numerous examples, quotations from the theorists' writings, and a description of the broader intellectual setting in which these anthropologists worked. In addition to six new chapters, Moore has updated all the profiles to incorporate recent scholarship. The book is linked to the companion work, Visions of Culture: A Reader, Second Edition, to encourage the fullest intellectual engagement for students.



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Part VII: Neo-Darwinian Evolutionary Theories
25: Eric Alden Smith: Human Behavioral Ecology
26: John Tooby and Leda Cosmides: The Evolved Mind
27: Robert Boyd and Peter Richerson: Culture and EvolutionDual-Inheritance Theory



Part VIIIThe Ontological Turn
28: Tim Ingold: An Intersubjective World
29: Philippe Descola: Nature and Culture
30: Bruno Latour: The Creation of Knowledge

Author Bio

Jerry D. Moore isan archaeologist, writer, editor, and professor of anthropology at California State University Dominguez Hill. Moore has conducted archaeological research in Peru, Mexico, and southern California. He is the author of seven books, and numerous articles and reviews.