From anthropology to social theory : rethinking the social sciences /

From anthropology to social theory : rethinking the social sciences /

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Author / Creator:	Szakolczai, Árpád, author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; NewYork, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Description:	v, 289 pages ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Social sciences -- Philosophy. Anthropology. Anthropology. Social sciences -- Philosophy.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11872180

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Other authors / contributors:	Thomassen, Bjørn (Associate professor), author.
ISBN:	9781108423809 1108423809 9781108438384 1108438385
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-278) and index.
Summary:	Presenting a ground-breaking revitalization of contemporary social theory, this book revisits the rise of the modern world to reopen the dialogue between anthropology and sociology. Using concepts developed by a series of 'maverick' anthropologists who were systematically marginalised as their ideas fell outside the standard academic canon, such as Arnold van Gennep, Marcel Mauss, Paul Radin, Lucien Levy-Bruhl and Gregory Bateson, the authors argue that such concepts are necessary for understanding better the rise and dynamics of the modern world, including the development of the social sciences, in particular sociology and anthropology. Concepts discussed include liminality, imitation, schismogenesis and trickster, which provide an anthropological 'toolkit' for readers to develop innovative understandings of the underlying power mechanisms of globalized modernity. Aimed at graduate students and researchers, the book is clearly structured. Part I introduces the 'maverick' anthropologists, while Part II applies the maverick-tool-kit to revisit the history of sociological thought and the question of modernity.
Standard no.:	40028983106

Table of Contents:

Introduction: rethinking social theory with anthropology
Part I. Maverick Anthropologists:
Arnold van Gennep: liminal rites and the rhythms of life
Gabriel Tarde and René Girard: imitation and the foundations of social life
Marcel Mauss: from sacrifice to gift-giving or revisiting foundations
Lucien Lévy-Bruhl and Colin Turnbull: participation, experience, and home
Paul Radin: the trickster
Gregory Bateson and Johan Huizinga: Schismogenesis and play
Victor Turner: liminal experiences as the grounding of social theory
Part II. Rethinking Modernity and Its Sociology:
A reflexive political anthropology of sociology
A reflexive political anthropology of modernity.