{"product_id":"foundations-of-anthropological-theory-9781405187763","title":"Foundations of Anthropological Theory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFoundations of Anthropological Theory\u003c\/i\u003e presents a selection of key texts that reflect the broad range of anthropological thought on human behavior, from Herodotus and Ibn Battuta to Adam Smith and Adam Ferguson.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eEnables the reader to situate the modern discipline of anthropology within the larger context of intellectual history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures key texts from the ancient and medieval worlds through to the Enlightenment\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders the presumptive rights of Europeans to judge the inherent moral worth of non-Western civilizations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides fascinating insights into the ways historians, philosophers, missionaries, and even writers of fiction have made valuable contributions to modern anthropological inquiry\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Ancient World.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHerodotus, Histories (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eXenophon, The Education of Cyrus (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAristotle, Politics (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTacitus, Germania (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Medieval World\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEurope – Journeys to the East:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam of Rubruck, Journal of his embassy to the Mongols (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarco Polo, Travels (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSir John Mandeville, Travels (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Muslim World :\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIbn Battuta, Travels (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIbn Khaldun, Muqaddimah (Introduction to World History), (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Renaissance.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew Spain:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBernardino de Sahagun, General History of the Things of New Spain (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca, Chronicle of the Narváez Expedition (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBartolomeo de las Casas, The Devastation of the Indies (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGarcilaso Inka de la Vega, Royal Commentaries on the Inca of Peru (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAntarctic France:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJean de Léry, History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMichel de Montaigne, “Of Cannibals”.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTowards a comparative theory:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJose de Acosta, Natural and Moral History of the Indies (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJean Bodin, Method for the Comprehension of History (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLa Popelinière, “Letter to de Thou”.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Seventeenth Century\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMatteo Ricci\/Nicolas Trigault, Description of China (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaul Le Jeune, Journey among the Montagnais (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJean Chardin, Travels to Persia (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Dampier, A new voyage around the globe(selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Enlightenment.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAncients and Moderns:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSir William Temple, “Of Heroic Virtues”.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBernard de Fontenelle, “The Origin of Fables”.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExotic letters:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMontesquieu, Persian Letters (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrançoise de Grafigny, Letters of a Peruvian Woman (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDialogues with the Savages:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLahontan, Dialogue between the Author and a Savage of Good Sense (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiderot, Supplement to the Voyage of Bougainville.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eComparative Perspectives.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrance :\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrançois-Joseph Lafitau, Customs of the American Savages Compared to the Customs of the Earliest Times (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMontesquieu, The Spirit of Laws (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVoltaire, Commentary on the Spirit of Laws (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssai sur les Moeurs (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRousseau, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScotland:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid Hume, The Natural History of Religion (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdam Smith, Lectures on Jurisprudence (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdam Ferguson, Essay on the History of Civil Society (selections)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187420750167,"sku":"9781405187763","price":84.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/foundations-of-anthropological-theory-9781405187763","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}