Anthropology after Gluckman : the Manchester school, colonial and postcolonial transformations /

Anthropology after Gluckman : the Manchester school, colonial and postcolonial transformations /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Werbner, Richard P., author.
Imprint:	Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 363 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Gluckman, Max, -- 1911-1975. Gluckman, Max, -- 1911-1975 Anthropology. Ethnology. Manchester school of economics. Postcolonialism. Anthropology Ethnology Manchester school of economics Postcolonialism Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12592010

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ISBN:	9781526138019 1526138018 9781526138002 152613800X 9781526138026 1526138026
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	This book places the Manchester School in the vanguard of modern social anthropology. Werbner reveals not only the cosmopolitan distinctiveness but also the force of creative difference in the ideas, interdisciplinary approaches, and travelling theories of the intimate circle around Max Gluckman.
Other form:	Print version: Werbner, Richard P. Anthropology after Gluckman. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020 152613800X 9781526138002

Table of Contents:

Front matter
Dedication
Praise poem
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Max Gluckman in South Africa: role model, early leadership
Max Gluckman's commitments, projects and legacies
Elizabeth Colson: home town anthropologist, systems sceptic
Clyde Mitchell and A. L. Epstein: urban perspectives
Relational thought, networks, circles
Friendship, interlocking directorates, cosmopolitanism
A. L. Epstein's enduring argument: the reasonable man and emotion
Victor Turner's 'voyage of discovery'
The re-analysis of Chihamba, the White Spirit Anthropology and the postcolonial
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.