{"product_id":"the-reinvention-of-primitive-society-9781138282643","title":"The Reinvention of Primitive Society","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdam Kuper's iconoclastic intellectual history argues that the idea of primitive society is a western myth. The primitive is imagined as the opposite of the civilised. But this is a protean myth. As ideas about civilisation change, so the image of primitive society must be adjusted. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy way of fascinating account of classic texts in anthropology, ancient history and law, Kuper reveals how this myth underpinned academic research and inspired political programmes. Its ancestry is traced back to classical western beliefs about barbarians and savages, and Kuper also tackles the latest version of the myth, the idea of a global identity of indigenous peoples. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Reinvention of Primitive Society \u003c\/i\u003eis a key text in the history of anthropology, and will interest anyone who has puzzled about the very idea of primitive society  and so, by implication, about civilisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART ONE: THE IDEA OF PRIMITIVE SOCIETY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. The Myth of Primitive Society\u003cbr\u003e2. Barbarian, Savage, Primitive \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART TWO: ANCIENT LAW, ANCIENT SOCIETY AND TOTEMISM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Henry Maine’s Patriarchal Theory \u003cbr\u003e4. Lewis Henry Morgan and Ancient Society \u003cbr\u003e5. The Question of Totemism \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART THREE: EVOLUTION AND DIFFUSION – BOAS, RIVERS AND RADCLIFFE-BROWN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. The Boasians and the Critique of Evolutionism \u003cbr\u003e7. From Rivers to Radcliffe-Brown \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART FOUR: DESCENT AND ALLIANCE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Descent Theory: a Phoenix From the Ashes \u003cbr\u003e9. Towards the Intellect: Alliance Theory and Totemism \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART FIVE: BACK TO THE BEGINNING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. The return of the native \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019474436439,"sku":"9781138282643","price":128.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138282643.jpg?v=1750780382","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-reinvention-of-primitive-society-9781138282643","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}