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SMALL PLACES LARGE ISSUES - THOMAS HYLLAND ERIK...

'Remains among the most brilliant summaries of key ideas animating  anthropology. In his
famously accessible writing style   Eriksen introduces fundamental questions that shape human
life   and provides an overview of the discipline's contribution to the  pressing issues of our
times. A must-read'  Ursula Rao  Director  Anthropology of Politics and Governance  Max Planck
Institute for Social Anthropology    'This is not just another book in the library of
anthropology   it is an entire anthropological library in one book'  Tim Ingold  Emeritus
Professor  University of Aberdeen    'A masterful introduction'  Vered Amit  Professor Emerita
Concordia University    This introduction to social and cultural anthropology has become a
modern classic  revealing the rich global variation in social life and culture across the
world.    Presenting a clear overview of anthropology  it focuses on central topics such as
kinship  ethnicity  ritual and political systems  offering a wealth of examples that
demonstrate the enormous scope of anthropology and the importance of a comparative perspective.
Using reviews of key works to illustrate his argument  for over 25 years Thomas Hylland
Eriksen's lucid and accessible textbook has been a much respected and widely used
undergraduate-level introduction to social anthropology.    This fully updated fifth edition
features brand new chapters on climate and medical anthropology  along with rewritten sections
on ecology  nature and the Anthropocene. It also incorporates a more systematic engagement with
gender and digitalisation throughout the text.    Thomas Hylland Eriksen is Professor of Social
Anthropology at the University of Oslo and former President of the European Association of
Social Anthropologists (EASA). He is the author of numerous classics of anthropology  including
Ethnicity and Nationalism and What is Anthropology?     

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