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The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology
edited by Hilary Callan et al. – Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2018 → Wiley-Blackwell Verlag"The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology is the most complete reference resource for the field of anthropology and interrelated areas, providing an authoritative and expert overview of the concepts, research, and techniques that together define the discipline. Under the guidance of Editors-in-Chief Hilary Callan - former director of the Royal Anthropological Institute (2000-2010) - and Simon Coleman - Chancellor Jackman Professor, University of Toronto - and fourteen internationally-respected voices acting as Associate Editors, the Encyclopedia features contributions from a team of over 800 international scholars making this a work of unparalleled depth and breadth of knowledge. Over 1,000 entries, ranging from concise summaries to longer writings, present the reader with in-depth discussions of hundreds of key topics, including: ecology, human evolution, gender, health, language and education, kinship, politics, and power, as well as biographical entries of many of the world’s most influential founding anthropologists. Organized alphabetically and written for both the specialist and the general reader, the Encyclopedia is a landmark reference resource for students and scholars engaged within the broad and dynamic field of anthropology, and those studying and working within the related disciplines of psychology, medicine, religious studies, and sociology. " (Verlagstext) |
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The Anthropology of the State: A Reader
edited by Aradhana Sharma and Akhil Gupta. – Malden, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009 → Wiley-Blackwell Verlag"This innovative reader brings together classic theoretical texts and cutting-edge ethnographic analyses of specific state institutions, practices, and processes and outlines an anthropological framework for rethinking future study of “the state”. Focuses on the institutions, spaces, ideas, practices, and representations that constitute the “state”. Promotes cultural and transnational approaches to the subject. Helps readers to make anthropological sense of the state as a cultural artifact, in the context of a neoliberalizing, transnational world." (Verlagstext) |
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Keywords of mobility - Critical engagements
edited by Noel B. Salazar & Kiran Jayaram . – New York, Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2016 → Berghahn Verlag"[...] this edited volume presents contributions that critically analyze mobility-related keywords: capital, cosmopolitanism, freedom, gender, immobility, infrastructure, motility, and regime. Each chapter provides an historical context, a critical analysis of how the keyword has been used in relation to mobility, and a conclusion that proposes future usage or research." (Verlagstext) |
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Handbook of methods in cultural anthropology
edited by Bernard H. Russel & Clarence C. Gravlee . – Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015 → Rowman & Littlefield Verlag"The Handbook of Methods in Cultural Anthropology, now in its second edition, maintains a strong benchmark for understanding the scope of contemporary anthropological field methods. Avoiding divisive debates over science and humanism, the contributors draw upon both traditions to explore fieldwork in practice. The second edition also reflects major developments of the past decade [...]" (Verlagstext) |
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Handbuch Entwicklungsforschung
Herausgegeben von Karin Fischer & Gerhard Hauck . – Wiesbaden : Springer VS, 2016 → Springer Verlag"Das Handbuch führt in den aktuellen Diskussionsstand der sozialwissenschaftlichen Entwicklungsforschung ein und liefert einen systematischen Überblick über die Vielfalt der vertretenen Paradigmen und Forschungsfelder." (Verlagstext) |
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Ritual change and social transformation in migrant societies
Edited by Hans-Georg Soeffner & Darius Ziffonun . – Frankfurt am Main : PL Academic Research, 2016 → Peter Lang Verlag"This volume brings together contributions from an international group of scholars including studies of ritual change and social transformation in Singapore, Germany and the US. In situations of change, individuals as well as social groups mobilize rituals to reaffirm a sense of identity. Usually thinking of rituals as fixed sets of symbolic behaviour, handed down through generations, migration forces a fresh look at rituals: that they are open to change and adjustment as well as means of social transformation." (Verlagstext) |
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Philosophical anthropology : selected papers
Jana Trajtelová . - Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Edition, 2016 → Peter Lang Verlag"This textbook discusses and systemises several selected topics of philosophical anthropology. The problem of man cannot be grasped through only one main principle or aspect (as the principle of his or her «humanity»). The chapters of this book rather outline several specific aspects which essentially characterize human beings (such as rationality, formation of culture, freedom, personality and interpersonality)." (Verlagstext) |
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Staatenlexikon Afrika : Geographie, Geschichte, Kultur, Politik und Wirtschaft
Herausgegeben von Wolfgang Gieler . – Frankfurt am Main [u.a.]: Peter Lang Edition, 2016 → Peter Lang Verlag"Das Staatenlexikon Afrika bietet Hintergrundinformationen zur Geschichte und Gegenwart der unabhängigen afrikanischen Staatenwelt. Detaillierte Länderdarstellungen zeigen, welche Institutionen, Personen und Vorstellungen im Wechselspiel der Kräfte die Realität Afrikas prägen. DieBesonderheit des Lexikons besteht in der Analyse gegenwärtiger gesellschaftspolitischer und ökonomischer Entwicklungen als historisch bedingte Prozesse." (Verlagstext) |
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Handbuch Pädagogische Anthropologie
Herausgegeben von Christoph Wulf & Jörg Zirfas . - Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 2014 → Springer Verlag"Das Handbuch Pädagogische Anthropologie zeigt, wie sich das Themenfeld im Dialog mit den Forschungen zur Hominisation, Historischen Anthropologie, Kulturanthropologie, Philosophischer und Ästhetischer Anthropologie entwickelt. Ziel ist es, den Themenkomplex erstmals grundlegend und umfassend zu erschließen." (Verlagstext) |
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Praxis Internationaler Organisationen
Herausgegeben von Christopher Peters . - Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer, 2016 → Springer Verlag"Die Gründungsverträge Internationaler Organisationen unterliegen im Lauf der Zeit erheblichem Wandel, auch wenn ihr Wortlaut nicht geändert wird. [...]Dieser Umstand lässt sich völkerrechtlich auf die Auslegung durch die spätere Übung der Vertragsparteien zurückführen - es sei denn, die Grenzen der Interpretation werden überschritten." (Verlagstext) |
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Encyclopedia of Body Image and Human Appearance
Edited by Thomas F. Cash . - London [u.a.] : Academic Press, 2012 → Academic Press"This scholarly work is the most comprehensive existing resource on human physical appearance—how people’s outer physical characteristics and their inner perceptions and attitudes about their own appearance (body image) affect their lives. The encyclopedia’s 117 full-length chapters are composed and edited by the world’s experts from a range of disciplines—social, behavioral, and biomedical sciences." (Verlagstext) |
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Encyclopedia of world cultures
Edited by David Levinson & Timothy O'Leary. - New York, NY [u.a.] : Macmillan Reference 1996 → Gale Verlag"This reference set lists and describes more than 1,500 global cultures. Based on research of social scientists, it is the source for historical, social, political, economic, linguistic, religious, and other information on virtually every existing culture." (Verlagstext) |
