Pizhuhish nāmah-i intiqādī-i mutūn va barnāmah hā-yi ̒ulūm-i insāni (Critical Studies in Texts & Programs of Human Sciences)

A Critical Review of the Book History and Theory in Anthropology by Alan Barnard

Document Type : Research

Authors

Zeynab Shariatnia 1
Hadi Vakili 2

1 PhD Student in Islamic Mysticism, Institute for Imam Khomeini and Islamic Revolution (IKIR), Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor in Comparative Mysticism, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS), Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2022.8128
Abstract
The book History and Theory in Anthropology by Alan Barnard, a leading researcher and author of anthropological studies, especially anthropology in South Africa is among valuable works in the field of anthropology. In this book, he examines the theoretical nature of anthropology throughout history and the views of prominent scholars and thinkers of this science and their comparisons, as well as the rooting of theories and schools of thought presented in the field of anthropology. The purpose of this book is to examine the pioneering views of anthropological studies, evolution in all its dimensions, the theory of disseminators in cultural areas, functionalism and structural functionalism, pragmatic theories, processing, and Marxist views, various aspects of relativism, structuralism and post-structuralism, postmodernist views and recent interpretations. Although this work should be regarded as an overview of anthropological theories and related problems since it lacks the details of theorists, approaches, and ideas, its very briefness of the terms and contents, its conceptual clarity and explanation have been diminished and it requires revisions.

Keywords

Anthropology
Ethnology
Evolutionism
Propagators
Functionalism
Structuralism
Relativism

Subjects

فکوهی، ناصر (1383)، تاریخ اندیشه و نظریه‌‌‌های انسان‌‌شناسی، تهران: نی.
 
Ahmed, A. S. (1986), Toward Islamic Anthropology Definition, Dogma and Directions, United States: New Era Publications.
Barnard, A. (2000), History and Theory in Anthropology, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
Barrett, S. (1996), Anthropology: A Student’s Guide to Theory and Method, Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Haviland, W. A. et al. (2011), Anthropology: The Human Challenge, Australia: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
Langness, L. L. (1974), The Study of Culture, California: Chandler & Sharp Publishers.
McGee, R. J. and R. L. Warms (2012), Anthropological Theory: An Introductory History, United States: McGraw-Hill.

  • Receive Date 09 May 2022
  • Revise Date 26 July 2022
  • Accept Date 30 August 2022

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