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Book SynopsisAn empirical analysis of social organization, powerfully integrating modern social, psychological, and legal theory
Trade Review"This stimulating work offers a new, promising, integrated theory of social behavior. A timely and welcome attempt to move social theory beyond the debate between positivism and postmodernism."--Martin Ottenheimer, author of
The Anthropology of Kinship: An Introductory Text"Murray J. Leaf's ambitious project for studying cultural meaning systems holds the promise of grounding anthropological knowledge about culture empirically. His efforts help establish the ontological status of culture and pave the way for a more scientific anthropology."--Lawrence A. Kuznar, author of
Reclaiming a Scientific Anthropology"Finally we have a book that addresses anthropology as a science predicated on our understanding of human societies developed through rigorous fieldwork and not through the distorting lens of science as it was defined by logical positivists. Leaf concludes that anthropology is an experimental science based on 'radical empiricism.' A must read for anyone who takes seriously the vision of anthropology as a science grounded in rigorous fieldwork."--Dwight Read, author of
Artifact Classification: A Conceptual and Methodological Approach
