{"product_id":"in-search-of-the-primitive-a-critique-of-civilization-paperback","title":"In Search of the Primitive: A Critique of Civilization - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStanley Diamond\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthropology is a kind of debate between human possibilities-a dialectical movement between the anthropologist as a modern man and the primitive peoples he studies. \u003cem\u003eIn Search of the Primitive\u003c\/em\u003e is a tough-minded book containing chapters ranging from encounters in the field to essays on the nature of law, schizophrenia and civilization, and the evolution of the work of Claude L?vi-Strauss. Above all it is reflective and self-critical, critical of the discipline of anthropology and of the civilization that produced that discipline. Diamond views the anthropologist who refuses to become a searching critic of his own civilizations as not merely irresponsible, but a tool of Western civilization. He rejects the associations which have been made in the ideology of our civilization, consciously or unconsciously, between Western dominance and progress, imperialism and evolution, evolution and progress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStanley Diamond\u003c\/strong\u003e was professor of anthropology in the graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research, USA. He was the founder and editor of \u003cem\u003eDialectical Anthropology\u003c\/em\u003e and a research scientist at the National Institutes of Health, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 284\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.06 x 9.06 x 5.99 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 18, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750854918432,"sku":"9780878555826","price":100.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ab51e5d323dd6683170b51dd8844846f.webp?v=1779959415","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/in-search-of-the-primitive-a-critique-of-civilization-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}