Edward Evans-Pritchard
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Edward Evans-Pritchard
(Collected works / Mary Douglas, v. 7)
Routledge, 2010
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Reprint. Originally published by Viking Press, 1980
Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-143) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
First published in 1980, this book provides an overview of E. E. Evans-Pritchard's approach to anthropology. His seminal works on the Azande and the Nuer had an immense impact on the field in Britain. He wrote these works in his thirties and forties, after which time he became chair of anthropology at Oxford. His pupils and colleagues from his days as the head of Institute of Social Anthropology went from Oxford to complete the institutional establishment of social anthropology. In this book Douglas links the development of her own theories to her training under Evans-Pritchard at the institute and to the close friendship that they forged in the years after.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Human Mental Faculties
- Chapter 3 The Continuity of Evans-Pritchard's Program
- Chapter 4 Fieldwork Methods
- Chapter 5 Accountability among the Azande
- Chapter 6 Accountability among the Nuer
- Chapter 7 Reasoning and Memory
- Chapter 8 Nuer Religion
- Chapter 9 Contradiction
- Chapter 10 Evans-Pritchard's Contemporary Influence
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