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Explaining Culture Scientifically - 9780295987897

Un libro in lingua di Brown Melissa J. (EDT) edito da Univ of Washington Pr, 2008

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Anthropologists have long debated what culture is, how useful it is as a concept, and how best to study it. Brown (anthropology, Stanford U.) presents 13 chapters written by 16 international academics from the fields of anthropology, biology, and economics with the aim of contributing to a scientific paradigm for the field. Each author examines empirical data about how culture influences behavior; shows how to approach culture scientifically; and demonstrates how empirical and theoretical material can be integrated. Coverage includes current thinking on ways to think about culture, modeling approaches to cultural influences on behavior, ethnographic case studies addressing the question of culture's influence on behavior, challenges to the possibility of a scientific approach to culture, and a concluding discussion of potential future research. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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