The Relevance of Culture / Edition 1

by Morris Freilich

Overview

Culture, once a center-stage concept in anthropology, is now being discussed by talk show personalities and jourbanalists and included in a wide range of academic disciplines. In view of the myriad uses and abuse of the concept, The Relevance of Culture sets the record straight through a careful survey of the development of the concept of culture, and the arguments and continuing relevance of it to theoretical discussions. The authors illustrate its roles in such diverse areas as risk and technology, nursing and health care, evolution, criminology, information, economy, geography, and even the uneven the understanding of suicide.

Noted shcolars apply their wit and wisdom to illustrate and analyze the role of culture, creating a definitive picture for scholars, beginning students of cultural anthroplogy, and related social sciences.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780897891806
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/11/1989
Series:	Insider's Guide
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.54(d)

About the Author

MORRIS FREILICH is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern University.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Is Culture Still Relevant? by Morris Freilich
Culture: A Real Base for a Hard Science
"Plot" and the Concept of Culture in Historiography by Anthony F. C. Wallace
Culture and Collective Action by Mary Douglas
Frames of Reference Come From Cultures: A Predictive Theory by Aaron Wildavsky
Culture in Its Places: A Humanistic Presentation by Miles Richardson and Robert Dunton
Culture and Information
Culture: Concept and Phenomenon by Ward Goodenough
Information, Technology, and Culture by Judith Perrolle
A Darwinian Theory for the Evolution of Symbolic Cultural Traits by Peter J. Richerson and Robert Boyd
Ethnoecology: The Relevance of Cognitive Anthroplogy for Human Ecology by Eugene Hunn
Culture and Practical Issues
Masked Suicide and Culture by Karen Andriolo
Nursing and Culture at the End of the Twentieth Century by Sharleen H. Simpson
The Relevance of Culture, Science, and Technology Policy by Steven Rayner
Proper Rules, Smart Rules, and Police Discretion by Morris Freilich and Frank A. Schubert
Index