{"product_id":"foundations-of-anthropological-theory-from-classical-antiquity-to-early-modern-europe-hardback-9781405187763","title":"Foundations of Anthropological Theory; From Classical Antiquity to Early Modern Europe (Hardback) 9781405187763","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFoundations of Anthropological Theory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom Classical Antiquity to Early Modern Europe\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“This splendid selection demonstrates the issues to which contemporary anthropology is heir, and thus serves as an insightful reminder that the topics raised are of more than mere historical concern.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eLawrence Rosen,\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University  \u003cp\u003eRobert Launay’s critical introduction and carefully selected texts brilliantly portray how anthropology’s predecessors, European and non-European, framed central issues in understanding their own and other societies. \u003ci\u003eFoundations of Anthropological Theory\u003c\/i\u003e is must reading – and also a pleasure.\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eDale F. Eickelman,\u003c\/b\u003e Dartmouth College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert Launay (Edited by), R Launay (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405187763, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 February 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 2.3 cm, 0.717 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eFoundations of Anthropological Theory\u003c\/i\u003e presents a selection of key texts that reflect the broad range of anthropological thought on human behavior, from Herodotus and Ibn Battuta to Adam Smith and Adam Ferguson.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e Enables the reader to situate the modern discipline of anthropology within the larger context of intellectual history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Features key texts from the ancient and medieval worlds through to the Enlightenment\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders the presumptive rights of Europeans to judge the inherent moral worth of non-Western civilizations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides fascinating insights into the ways historians, philosophers, missionaries, and even writers of fiction have made valuable contributions to modern anthropological inquiry\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote on the Text xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Launay\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Ancient World 29\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Histories of Herodotus 31\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHerodotus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Germany 39\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTacitus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II The Middle Ages 47\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection II (a) European Travelers 49\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Travels of Marco Polo 51\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarco Polo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Travels of Sir John Mandeville 63\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Mandeville Copyrighted Material\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection II (b) The Muslim World 71\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Travels in Asia and Africa, 1325–1354 73\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIbn Battuta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Muqaddimah 84\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIbn Khaldun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III The Renaissance 93\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil, otherwise Called America 95\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJean de Léry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Of Cannibals 106\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichel de Montaigne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Method for the Easy Comprehension of History 114\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJean Bodin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Letter to Joseph Scaliger 125\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHenri Lancelot Voisin de la Popelinière\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV The Seventeenth Century 127\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection IV (a) Jesuits and the Comparative Perspective 129\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Natural and Moral History of the Indies 131\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJosé de Acosta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Relation of What Occurred in New France, in the Year 1634 143\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul Le Jeune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Memoirs and Remarks … Made in Above Ten Years Travels through the Empire of China 151\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLouis Le Comte\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Customs of the American Indians Compared with the Customs of Primitive Times 159\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoseph François Lafitau\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection IV (b) Globetrotters 171\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Travels in Persia, 1673–1677 173\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Chardin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 A New Voyage Round the World 183\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam Dampier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V The Enlightenment 193\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection V (a) The Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns 195\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Of Heroic Virtue 197\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam 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