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What is Anthropology? A Summary Review of the Second Edition by Thomas Hylland Eriksen

March 2, 2020March 2, 2020 / Jodie-Lee Trembath / 2 Comments

I found it helpful when Eriksen drew the line in the sand about the fundamental questions that anthropology concerns itself with. Here's his Big Three: 1) What is that makes people do whatever they do? 2) How are societies or cultures integrated? 3)To what extent does thought vary from society to society, and how much is similar across cultures?

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