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Philosophical Anthropology and Practical Politics

Book by F. S. C. Northrop; Macmillan, 1960

Subjects:

Civilization--Philosophy, International Relations, Philosophical Anthropology

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

Philosophical Anthropology and Practical Politics Books by F. S...Anthology Philosophical Anthropology and Practical Politics F. S. C. NORTHROP...369 Philosophical Anthropology and Practical Politics 1 A New Approach...
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Essays on Kant's Anthropology

Book by Brian Jacobs, Patrick Kain; Cambridge University Press, 2003

Subjects:

Kant, Immanuel--1724-1804--Contributions In Philosophical Anthropology, Philosophical Anthropology--History--18th Century

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...moral philosophy, a practical or moral anthropology : the application of...intended to include practical anthropology - the empirical part...broader than that of practical anthropology since it seeks knowledge...
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Freedom and Anthropology in Kant's Moral Philosophy

Book by Patrick R. Frierson; Cambridge University Press, 2003

Subjects:

Ethics, Modern--18th Century, Free Will And Determinism--History--18th Century, Kant, Immanuel--1724-1804--Ethics, Philosophical Anthropology--History--18th Century

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

Patrick Frierson draws on Kant's transcendental idealism and his theory of the will and describes how empirical influences can affect the empirical expression of one's will in a way that is morally significant but still consistent with Kant's concept of freedom. As the first work on Kant to ...
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Patrick Frierson draws on Kant's transcendental idealism and his theory of the will and describes how empirical influences can affect the empirical expression of one's will in a way that is morally significant but still consistent with Kant's concept of freedom. As the first work on Kant to integrate his anthropology with his philosophy as a whole, it is an unusually important source of study for all Kant scholars and advanced students of Kant.
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Medical Anthropology: Contemporary Theory and Method

Book by Carolyn F. Sargent, Thomas M. Johnson; Praeger Publishers, 1996

Subjects:

Medical Anthropology

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A significant update of the 1990 classic state-of-the-art handbook on medical anthropology. With new chapters on AIDS, psychology and emotion, nutrition, and bioethics, the text reflects the changes in medical anthropological theory and practice since the late 1980s. Chapters from the first edition ...
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A significant update of the 1990 classic state-of-the-art handbook on medical anthropology. With new chapters on AIDS, psychology and emotion, nutrition, and bioethics, the text reflects the changes in medical anthropological theory and practice since the late 1980s. Chapters from the first edition are revised to reflect current trends and to include recent references. This work demonstrates the creative expansion and diversity in the field, amidst efforts to explore the individual sickness experience in the context of local cultures and global political and economic dynamics.
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Histories of Anthropology Annual - Vol. 2

Book by Regna Darnel, Frederic W. Gleach; University of Nebraska Press, 2006

Subjects:

Anthropologists--History, Anthropology--History

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...had guided Argentine anthropology up to then: Social anthropology has gone beyond the field and the tradi- tional objectives...understanding and controlling the pro- cesses of change. The practical results of this trend are still very meager due both to...

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Treasons, Stratagems, and Spoils: How Leaders Make Practical Use of Beliefs and Values

Journal article by Erika Evasdottir; The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 39, 2002

Subjects:

Treasons, Stratagems, and Spoils: How Leaders Make Practical Use of Beliefs and Values (Book)

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...BAILEY, Treasons, Stratagems, and Spoils: How Leaders Make Practical Use of Beliefs and Values. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press...observer--a fine and certainly time-honoured perspective in anthropology--then he should investigate whether the objective observer...
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Challenging Macho Values: Practical Ways of Working with Adolescent Boys

Journal article by Kevin Davison; The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 36, 1999

Subjects:

Books--Reviews

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Challenging Macho Values: Practical Ways of Working with Adolescent Boys by Kevin Davison...privilege. This book is not simply about masculinities, it is a practical guidebook to working with boys to discover the limitations and...
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Self-Love, Anthropology, and Universal Benevolence in Kant's Metaphysics of Morals

Journal article by Jeffrey Edwards; The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 53, 2000

Subjects:

Benevolence--Philosophy, Ethics--Philosophy, Kant, Immanuel--Philosophy, Philosophical anthropology--Moral and ethical aspects, Self-interest--Philosophy

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...the empirical elements of practical anthropology. This is not to say that...borrowing something from practical anthropology. If moral philosophy-is...the empirical elements of practical anthropology and specifically human moral...
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Anthropologists Only Need Apply: Challenges of Applied anthropology./Quand Les Anthropologues S'appliquent: Heurs et Malheurs De L'anthropologie Appliquee

Journal article by Paul Sillitoe; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 13, 2007

Subjects:

Anthropologists--Practice, Applied anthropology--History

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...Paul Sillitoe What practical use is anthropology? This is an increasingly...Malinowski 1939, busy promoting practical anthropology; see also Firth 1944: 21...Tavistock. RICHARDS, A.I. 1944. Practical anthropology in the lifetime of the...
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Anthropologists and Social Involvement: Some Issues and Problems

Journal article by Edward J. Heidican; Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 23, 1986

Subjects:

Anthropology, Sociology

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...seminal paper Practical Anthropology referred to this...and detachment in anthropology is to adopt the...best solution of a practical problem, but only...Malinowski, B. 1970 Practical Anthropology. In J. A. Clifton...

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The Decline and Fall of Anthropology

Magazine article by Stephen Goode; Insight on the News, Vol. 9, March 15, 1993

Subjects:

Anthropologists--Practice, Anthropology--Public opinion, Anthropology--Social aspects, Mead, Margaret--Biography

Collections: Entire Library

...society by spending too much time on studies that have no practical applicability." His pessimistic conclusion: "It is increasingly true that only anthropologists read anthropology," which makes the field very parochial indeed. It wasnt...
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An "Imagination of Order": The Suspicion of Structure in Anthropology and Poetry

Magazine article by Kent Maynard; The Antioch Review, Vol. 60, Spring 2002

Subjects:

Anthropological research--Analysis, Authorship--Methods, Ethnology--Authorship, Poetry--Authorship, Poets--Authorship

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...prosody, theories are many, conclusions tentative. Nor is anthropology alone in this sea change. To name only the most obvious...Drawing on Bourdieu s notion of habitus, Giddens emphasizes practical consciousness as a "fundamental feature" of his theory. In...
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ANTHROPOLOGY WITH A DIFFERENCE : Mary Douglas at 80

Magazine article by Paul Baumann; Commonweal, Vol. 128, August 17, 2001

Subjects:

Douglas, Mary--Appreciation, Ethnologists--Appreciation

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...the way the discipline of anthropology grew out of the British colonial...commitment to one. So the idea of practical commitment is important...figures in twentieth-century anthropology, was a turning point. Evans-Pritchard...antiritualism it would be more practical to experiment with more flexible...
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The New Creationism: Biology under Attack

Magazine article by Barbara Ehrenreich, Janet Mcintosh; The Nation, Vol. 264, June 9, 1997

Subjects:

Anthropology--Political aspects, Determinism--Political aspects, Free will and determinism--Political aspects, Free will--Political aspects, Political correctness--Criticism and interpretation, Sociology--Political aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...universals threatens not only an intellectual dead end but a practical one. In writing off any biologically based human commonality...newsletters, journals and conferences across the country. A few anthropology departments, including those at Northwestern, Penn State...
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Awesome, Awful, or Indifferent?

Magazine article by Reid Goldsborough; Reading Today, Vol. 18, August 2000

Subjects:

Anthropology--Social aspects, Feminism--Social aspects, Internet--Social aspects, Labor unions--Social aspects, Technology--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Delving into the "isms" of cyberspace might not seem as practical as learning to be efficient when doing a Web search. But...other groups can apply the same organizational principles. Anthropology and twaddle If all of this seems like the activities of...

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University of Birmingham Degrees

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), July 16, 2009

Subjects:

Archaeology--Protection and preservation, Archaeology--Social aspects, Biological products--Protection and preservation, Biological products--Social aspects, Destroyers (Warships)--Protection and preservation, Destroyers (Warships)--Social aspects, Geography--Protection and preservation, Geography--Social aspects, Hispanic Americans--Protection and preservation, Hispanic Americans--Social aspects, Universities and colleges--Protection and preservation, Universities and colleges--Social aspects, Water resource management--Protection and preservation, Water resource management--Social aspects, Water--Management, Water--Protection and preservation, Water--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...and Classical Literature and Civilisation Franceska Mitidou Anthropology and Political Science Frances Chloe Amery (Class I) Economic...Archaeology) (with Distinction); Scott Alexander Harrison (Practical Archaeology); Emma Rachel Jones (Historic Environment Conservation...
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Capital Style Gambles on Allure of Power, Greed

Newspaper article by Peter Kaplan; The Washington Times, January 12, 1998

Subjects:

Thomas, Bill

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Capital Styles goal is nothing less than to plumb the "social anthropology" of Washington, Mr. Thomas said. "We are are really interested...said. "They have feature stories, but the emphasis is on practical, how-to kinds of information." According to Mr. Regardie...
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Dance to Think Through

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, May 12, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...theater, and theories in dance about history, criticism, anthropology, pedagogy, anatomy and movement notation. For the extra year...OPPORTUNITIES Because of their thorough study in both academic and practical work (in dance, music, theater and general education), UP...
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The Dawkins Delusion; Science Writer Displays Small Mind in 'Potter' Put-Down

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 7, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Dawkins qualms about fairy tales are misplaced for a very practical reason, too: An environment hostile to Harry Potter would...were human beings first and oldest attempt at science and anthropology; they were primitive explanations for the seeming order of...
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The Honors Code; (Speech Delivered at the Recognition Day of the Manila Doctors College.)

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, May 27, 2007

Subjects:

Medical societies--Analysis, Universities and colleges--Analysis

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...learning, being appreciated, enjoying high grades, being practical, having a social life, knowing myself very well, good in...about the "crab mentality" of Filipinos. Dr. Jocano taught anthropology at the University of the Philippines and one time he required...

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Anthropology

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...partly on the findings of the other social sciences; and linguistics , the science of language. Applied anthropology is the practical application of anthropological techniques to areas such as industrial relations and minority-group problems...
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Culture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...a unique result of its own historical processes. Symbolic anthropology looks at how peoples mental constructs guide their lives...such patterns exist independent of, and often at odds with, practical behavior. Many theories of culture have been criticized for...
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Harris, Marvin

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...1963 66). He then became a graduate research professor of anthropology at the Univ. of Florida (1981 2000). Harriss major research...believing that human society and culture is shaped by the practical material needs of daily life. His 17 books include Patterns...
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Criticism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Age of Criticism. Such major disciplines as psychology and anthropology, and such ideologies as Christian theology and Marxist dialectic...music and art criticism also. The approach has ranged from practical to theoretical, from G. B. Shaws music reviews in the London...
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Social Science

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the 19th cent. separate disciplines had been developed in anthropology , political science , psychology , and sociology...method, as opposed to general theorizing; and the direct practical application of social science knowledge. Social science departments...

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