Anthropology and the Greeks.

By: Humphreys, S. CMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: London : Routledge, 2005Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (372 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781136549779Subject(s): Anthropology -- History | Ethnology -- Greece | Greece -- Social conditions -- To 146 B.C | Greece -- Social life and customsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Anthropology and the GreeksDDC classification: 301/.0938 LOC classification: DF78 -- .H86 2004ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Anthropology and the Greeks -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Content -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part one Classical studies and anthropology -- 1 Anthropology and the classics -- The past -- The present and the future -- Three examples of the use of social science methods in classics -- Conclusion -- 2 History, economics and anthropology: the work of Karl Polanyi -- I -- II -- Additional note -- 3 The work of Louis Gernet -- Appendix I Some notes on the Durkheim school -- Appendix II Durkheim in 1972 -- Part two Economy and society -- 4 Archaeology and the social and economic history of classical Greece -- I -- II Problems -- III Methods -- IV Obstacles -- 5 Town and country in ancient Greece -- Additional note -- 6 Economy and society in classical Athens -- Additional note -- 7 Homo politicus and homo economicus -- Part three Structure, context and communication -- 8 The social structure of the ancient city -- General premises -- Part I Freedom of speech and religious tolerance in the ancient world -- I The problem -- II Political assemblies and freedom of speech -- III Religious dissent and impiety -- IV Religious dissent and heresy -- V Conclusion: the interrelation of religion and politics in the ancient world -- Part II Kinship in Greek society, c. 800-300 B.C. -- I Aims -- II Substantive conclusions -- III Sources and methods -- 9 'Transcendence' and intellectual roles: the ancient Greek case -- I -- II -- III -- 10 Evolution and history: approaches to the study of structural differentiation -- I Social change, evolution, and history -- II Articulation and setting: tools for the analysis of structural differentiation -- III Structural differentiation in ancient Athens -- IV Differentiation and communication: the evolution of thought.
V Differentiation, choice, and change -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: The first section of the book deals with the history of the relationship of classical studies and anthropology. In the second section the more material aspects of ancient Greek life are considered and the author relates the economic history of the period to new approaches in archaeology and economic anthropology. The place of kinship in the social structure of the Greek city-state; the social factors involved in the genesis of Greek philosophy; and the structural and institutional components of 'freedom' in classical Athens are all examined. First published in 1978.
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Cover -- Anthropology and the Greeks -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Content -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part one Classical studies and anthropology -- 1 Anthropology and the classics -- The past -- The present and the future -- Three examples of the use of social science methods in classics -- Conclusion -- 2 History, economics and anthropology: the work of Karl Polanyi -- I -- II -- Additional note -- 3 The work of Louis Gernet -- Appendix I Some notes on the Durkheim school -- Appendix II Durkheim in 1972 -- Part two Economy and society -- 4 Archaeology and the social and economic history of classical Greece -- I -- II Problems -- III Methods -- IV Obstacles -- 5 Town and country in ancient Greece -- Additional note -- 6 Economy and society in classical Athens -- Additional note -- 7 Homo politicus and homo economicus -- Part three Structure, context and communication -- 8 The social structure of the ancient city -- General premises -- Part I Freedom of speech and religious tolerance in the ancient world -- I The problem -- II Political assemblies and freedom of speech -- III Religious dissent and impiety -- IV Religious dissent and heresy -- V Conclusion: the interrelation of religion and politics in the ancient world -- Part II Kinship in Greek society, c. 800-300 B.C. -- I Aims -- II Substantive conclusions -- III Sources and methods -- 9 'Transcendence' and intellectual roles: the ancient Greek case -- I -- II -- III -- 10 Evolution and history: approaches to the study of structural differentiation -- I Social change, evolution, and history -- II Articulation and setting: tools for the analysis of structural differentiation -- III Structural differentiation in ancient Athens -- IV Differentiation and communication: the evolution of thought.

V Differentiation, choice, and change -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

The first section of the book deals with the history of the relationship of classical studies and anthropology. In the second section the more material aspects of ancient Greek life are considered and the author relates the economic history of the period to new approaches in archaeology and economic anthropology. The place of kinship in the social structure of the Greek city-state; the social factors involved in the genesis of Greek philosophy; and the structural and institutional components of 'freedom' in classical Athens are all examined. First published in 1978.

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