Small Places, Large Issues

Small Places, Large Issues: An Introduction toSocial and Cultural Anthropology

(Thomas Hylland Eriksen)

An introductory text onsocial and cultural anthopology, this book covers such topics as: socialcontrol and socialization; the spread of capitalism; ethnicity; the globalculture; and the societal character of humans.

Ranging from the Pacific islands to theArctic north and from small villages to modern nation states, this concise introduction to social and cultural anthropology reveals the rich global variation in social life and culture. The text also provides a clear overviewof anthropology, focusing on central topics such as kinship, ethnicity, ritualand political systems, offering a wealth of examples that demonstrate the enormous scope of anthropology and the importance of a comparative perspective.Unlike previous texts on the subject, "Small Places, Large Issues" broadens the study to incorporate the anthropology of complex modern societies,thus providing a unique key text for all students of social and culturalanthropology. Using reviews of key monographs to illustrate his argument,Eriksen's text remains an established introductory text in anthropology. Thisnew edition is updated throughout and includes a new chapter on the history ofanthropology. It also shows clearly and comprehensively, through numerous newexamples, why classic studies of small-scale societies are relevant for thestudy of complex phenomena such as nationalism, consumption and the Internet .In this way, the book bridges an often perceived gap between "classic" and "contemporary" anthropology.

Thomas Hylland Eriksen is an anthropologist and writer based at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo, Norway. His work is motivated by a double concern: to understand the present world, and to understand what it means to be human. Much of his work is comparative and interdisciplinary. His research has involved fieldwork in several ethnically and culturally complex societies. He has written extensively about ethnicity and the dynamics of culture and identity, nationalism and the politics of identity, cosmopolitanism and humanrights, globalisation and its implications for the study of culture and society. He has also published several textbooks in anthropology and related subjects. Apart from his academic publications, Eriksen also writes essays and miscellaneous nonfiction intended for the general reader, and occasionally contributes to the press with a book review or a polemical intervention. His second novel is published in autumn 2012

Paperback, 323 pag., geïllustreerd, register

Uitg. Pluto Press, 1995

ISBN 0745309526/9780745309514

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