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Author Humphreys, S. C. (Sarah C.)

Title Anthropology and the Greeks / S.C. Humphreys
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 357 pages)
Series Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography ; 6
Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography ; 6.
Contents Cover; Anthropology and the Greeks; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Content; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part one Classical studies and anthropology; 1 Anthropology and the classics; The past; The present and the future; Three examples of the use of social science methods in classics; Conclusion; 2 History, economics and anthropology: the workof Karl Polanyi; I; II; Additional note; 3 The work of Louis Gernet; Appendix I Some notes on the Durkheim school; Appendix II Durkheim in 1972; Part two Economy and society
4 Archaeology and the social and economic history of classical GreeceI; II Problems; III Methods; IV Obstacles; 5 Town and country in ancient Greece; Additional note; 6 Economy and society in classical Athens; Additional note; 7 Homo politicus and homo economicus; Part three Structure, context and communication; 8 The social structure of the ancient city; General premises; Part I Freedom of speech and religious tolerancein the ancient world; I The problem; II Political assemblies and freedom of speech; III Religious dissent and impiety; IV Religious dissent and heresy
V Conclusion: the interrelation of religion and politics in the ancient worldPart II Kinship in Greek society, c. 800-300 B.C.; I Aims; II Substantive conclusions; III Sources and methods; 9 'Transcendence' and intellectual roles: the ancient Greek case; I; II; III; 10 Evolution and history: approaches to the study of structural differentiation; I Social change, evolution, and history; II Articulation and setting: tools for the analysis of structural differentiation; III Structural differentiation in ancient Athens; IV Differentiation and communication: the evolution of thought
V Differentiation, choice, and changeNotes; Bibliography; Index
Summary The first section of the book deals with the history of the relationship of classical studies and anthropology. In the second section the more material aspects of ancient Greek life are considered and the author relates the economic history of the period to new approaches in archaeology and economic anthropology. The place of kinship in the social structure of the Greek city-state; the social factors involved in the genesis of Greek philosophy; and the structural and institutional components of 'freedom' in classical Athens are all examined. First published in 1978
Notes Originally published: London: Routledge & K. Paul, 1978
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-350) and index
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Subject Anthropology -- History
Ethnology -- Greece.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
Anthropology
Ethnology
Manners and customs
Social conditions
SUBJECT Greece -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057131
Greece -- Social conditions -- To 146 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057129
Subject Greece
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781136549779
1136549773
9781315017983
1315017989