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A. R. Radcliffe-Brown

A. R. Radcliffe-Brown  

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Social sciences, Sociology
(1881–1955)Radcliffe-Brown was one of the most influential of the founding figures of social anthropology, through his teaching in universities in England, North America, South Africa, and Australia. ...
action theory

action theory  

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Social sciences
A major orientation within sociology and related disciplines that privileges the analysis of the intentional behavior of individuals, or action. Action, in this narrow sense, is behavior that takes ...
Agatharchides

Agatharchides  

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Classical studies
Of Cnidus (c.215 to after 145 bc). Greek historian, geographer, and Peripatetic who lived most of his adult life in Alexandria (1), eventually leaving, perhaps in flight to Athens after ...
Alfred Louis Kroeber

Alfred Louis Kroeber  

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Social sciences
(1876–1960) [Bi]American anthropologist and archaeologist who advocated the efficiency of seriation as a means of understanding artefact sequences. He formally defined the idea of the horizon style. ...
ancestor worship

ancestor worship  

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History, Regional and National History
The real or supposed ancestors of the Hebrews were venerated and were felt to be so close that their descendants even continued to suffer for their sins (Exod. 20: 5). Not surprisingly it would seem ...
animal

animal  

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Archaeology, Art & Architecture, Classical studies, History, Linguistics, Literature, Media studies, Music, Performing arts, Philosophy, Religion, Society and culture
Animal Farm a fable (1945) by George Orwell which consists of a satire on Russian Communism as it developed under Stalin. The animals of the farm, led by the pigs, revolt against the cruel farmer, ...
Anthropologists

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The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2010
Subject:
Religion, Social sciences
Length:
1,587 words

Anthropologists have studied religion since the beginning of the discipline through a succession of three major different theoretical and methodological

Anthropologists

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Marianna Torgovnick

The Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
Literature
Length:
1,253 words
Women were present in the discipline of anthropology practically from its beginnings. Matilda Coxe Stevenson and Alice Cunnigham Fletcher are early examples of women anthropologists; they ... More
anthropology

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J. T. Valiance

The Oxford Classical Dictionary (4 ed.)

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2012
Subject:
Classical studies, History
Length:
1,160 words
It is probably misleading, though not entirely inappropriate, to use this word to describe the ancient study of man and society. Misleading, because anthropology did not really exist as ... More
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World Encyclopedia

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2004
Subject:
Encyclopedias
Length:
101 words

Scientific study of human development and how different societies are interrelated. It is concerned with the chronological and geographical range

anthropology

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A Dictionary of the Bible (2 ed.)

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2010
Subject:
Religion
Length:
90 words

Usually the study of mankind's cultures, customs, and cults—but in Christian *theology it is used for the doctrine that

Anthropology

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The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2010
Subject:
History, Regional and National History, Philosophy
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2,546 words

More than an anthropology of Africa or an anthropology by Africans, African anthropology represents a dynamic, contested, and, above all,

Anthropology

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The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
Literature
Length:
466 words

While the term is often used in its general sense of a philosophical conception of human nature or the human

anthropology

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The Oxford Companion to the Body

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2003
Subject:
Science and technology, Life Sciences
Length:
1,773 words

Embracing nature and the cosmos, the philosophical thinking of classical antiquity did not consider anthropology, the ‘science of man’, as

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Elizabeth Edwards

The Oxford Companion to the Photograph

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2006
Subject:
Art & Architecture
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1,183 words

has used photography as a research tool since its emergence as a discipline in the mid‐19th century. Arguably the two

Anthropology

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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2006
Subject:
History, Regional and National History
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11,580 words

[This entry comprises two articles. The first article is an overview of the history and development of sociocultural anthropology

anthropology

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Dictionary of the Social Sciences

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2002
Subject:
Social sciences
Length:
961 words

Broadly speaking, anthropology is as old as the earliest attempts to describe human nature and the diversity of human societies,

Anthropology

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Dorothy L. Hodgson

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2008
Subject:
History, Contemporary History (post 1945)
Length:
1,886 words
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Anthropology is the study of all facets of humankind. Derived from natural history, the discipline has come to traverse, uneasily but productively, the natural sciences, social sciences, ... More
Anthropology

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Karl-Heinz Uthemann

The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
History, Early history (500 CE to 1500)
Length:
335 words
The classical Byz. definition of man stems from the Greek philosophical tradition and is common to theologians, philosophers, and even elementary school textbooks; man is a rational, ... More
Anthropology and Ancient Greek Law

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The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2009
Subject:
Law, History
Length:
2,800 words

Scholars of Greek law have generally not been receptive to the use of anthropological ideas and methods in their studies.

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