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9780029045053

How Culture Works

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  • ISBN13:

    9780029045053

  • ISBN10:

    0029045053

  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2010-06-15
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster

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Author Biography

Paul Bohannan is former president of the American Anthropological Association and the African Studies Association, and has served as director of the Social Science Research Council.

Table of Contents

Road Map
Culture in the Natural Worldp. 1
Matter, Life, and Culturep. 3
A Model of the Human Animalp. 13
What Culture Does to Society I: Culturized Animal Behaviorp. 23
What Culture Does to Society II: Human Social Organizationp. 37
Cultural Dynamicsp. 47
Chains: Trajectories and Cyclesp. 49
Transformation and Recontextingp. 61
Pattern and Turbulencep. 77
What Culture Change Involvesp. 93
Innovations and Cultural Cuspsp. 101
Disasters and Cultural Trapsp. 117
Cultural Dissonancep. 133
Working With Culturep. 145
Beyond Fieldworkp. 147
Simulationp. 159
Some Lock-insp. 173
Visions and Scenariosp. 187
Notesp. 199
Acknowledgmentsp. 209
Indexp. 211
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