The Foundations of Social Anthropology

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology

• Author: S.F. Nadel
• ISBN: 9781136542848
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Publication: November 5, 2013
• Imprint: Routledge
• Language: English

Focussing on the methodology of social anthropology this book covers the following:
· The aims of social anthropology
· Observation and description
· Psychology in observation
· The material of observation
· Institutions
· Groupings
· Explanation
· Experimental anthropology
· Psychological explanations
· Function and pattern.
Originally published in 1951