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What is In Search of the Primitive : A Critique of Civilization about?
Anthropology is a kind of debate between human possi- bilities--a dialectical movement between the anthropologist as a modern man and the primitive peoples he studies. This brilliant, tough-minded book contains chapters ranging from encounters in the field to essays on the nature of law, schizophrenia and civilization, and the evolution of the work of Claude Lvi-Strauss. Diamond views the anthropologist who refuses to become a searching critic of his own civilization as not merely irresponsible,
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Stanley Diamond
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis
- Published
- 1981
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781138087798
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Anthropology, Sociology, History
- Rating
- 4.12 / 5 (37 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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