Difference between revisions of "Adam Kuper"

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==Literature==
 
==Literature==
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* ''Wives for Cattle: Bridewealth and Marriage in Southern Africa, Routledge, 1982.
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* ''The Invention of Primitive Society: Transformations of an Illusion'', Routledge, 1988.
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* ''The Chosen Primate: Human Nature and Cultural Diversity, Harvard University Press, 1994.
 
* ''Anthropology and Anthropologists: The Modern British School'', Routledge, 3rd ed, 1996
 
* ''Anthropology and Anthropologists: The Modern British School'', Routledge, 3rd ed, 1996
* with Jessica Kuper (eds.), ''The Social Science Encyclopaedia'', Taylor & Francis, 1996
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* with Jessica Kuper (eds.), ''The Social Science Encyclopaedia'', Taylor & Francis, 2nd edition, 1996, [http://libgen.io/book/index.php?md5=D6254108E3999AB84608813D150927A5 PDF].
 
* ''Culture: The Anthropologists' Account'', Harvard University Press, 1999
 
* ''Culture: The Anthropologists' Account'', Harvard University Press, 1999
 
** [[Media:KUPER_Adam_Cultura_La_versi%C3%B3n_de_los_antrop%C3%B3logos_2001.pdf|''Cultura. La versión de los antropólogos'']], trans. Albert Roca, Barcelona & Buenos Aires: Ediciones Paidós 2001. {{es}}
 
** [[Media:KUPER_Adam_Cultura_La_versi%C3%B3n_de_los_antrop%C3%B3logos_2001.pdf|''Cultura. La versión de los antropólogos'']], trans. Albert Roca, Barcelona & Buenos Aires: Ediciones Paidós 2001. {{es}}

Revision as of 20:55, 16 December 2015

Adam Kuper (born 1941) is a British anthropologist most closely linked to the school of social anthropology. In his works, he often treats the notion of "culture" skeptically, focusing as much on how it is used as on what it means.

Literature

  • Wives for Cattle: Bridewealth and Marriage in Southern Africa, Routledge, 1982.
  • The Invention of Primitive Society: Transformations of an Illusion, Routledge, 1988.
  • The Chosen Primate: Human Nature and Cultural Diversity, Harvard University Press, 1994.
  • Anthropology and Anthropologists: The Modern British School, Routledge, 3rd ed, 1996
  • with Jessica Kuper (eds.), The Social Science Encyclopaedia, Taylor & Francis, 2nd edition, 1996, PDF.
  • Culture: The Anthropologists' Account, Harvard University Press, 1999
  • The Reinvention of Primitive Society: Transformations of a Myth, 2nd edition, Routledge, 2005, PDF.

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