This unusual and ambitious book will be welcomed by all who wish to understand exactly what anthropology is and what anthropologists do. It summarizes, compares, and contrasts the ideas of ten prominent anthropologists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, revealing fundamental differences in their interpretations of human behavior and in the kinds of meaning they see in...(展开全部)

This new edition of Jerry D. Moore's Visions of Culture presents introductory anthropology students with a brief, readable, and balanced treatment of theoretical developments in the field. The key ideas of major theorists are briefly described and-unique to this textbook-linked to the biographical and fieldwork experiences that helped shape their theories. The impact of each sc...(展开全部)

This new edition of Jerry D. Moore's Visions of Culture presents introductory anthropology students with a brief, readable, and balanced treatment of theoretical developments in the field. The key ideas of major theorists are briefly described and-unique to this textbook-linked to the biographical and fieldwork experiences that helped shape their theories. The impact of each sc...(展开全部)

An expert on architectural history suggests criteria for evaluating designs and indicates the concepts which link modern architecture to the past

John Leslie Mackie (1917-1981) was one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. His published works spanned many areas, but he is not well known as a political philosopher. In the late 1970s, however, Mackie turned his attention to issues concerning justice. In a series of writings, Mackie built a case for a unique right-based approach to political philoso...(展开全部)

An expert on architectural history suggests criteria for evaluating designs and indicates the concepts which link modern architecture to the past

The second half of the 20th Century witnessed an outburst of theories and manifestoes that explored the possibilities of architecture: it's language, evolution and social relevance. The many 'crises in architecture' and emerging urban and ecological problems questioned the current orthodoxy: Modernism was criticised, questioned and overthrown, only to be extended, subverted and...(展开全部)