Social Anthropology: Robert Redfield Editor Clifford Wilcox


Robert Redfield is remembered today mainly as an anthropologist, but during his life, the interdisciplinary activity Redfield reflects a great interest in teaching anthropological practice with social theory. Such as a handful of other anthropologists, including A.R. Radcliffe Brown and Bronislav Malinowski, who shared their interests during the 1920s and 1930s, defined a new subfield known as social anthropology.

Redfield was distinguished as one of the first Americans to engage in social anthropology and a field that was initially dominated by British scientists. He spent his career at the University of Chicago, and Anthropology studied sociology as a symbol and developed and practiced in that institution. Redfield played an essential role in defining the so-called Chicago School of Sociology. This volume brings together Redfield's most important contributions to social anthropology.

During the 1920s, Sociology and Anthropology formed a department at the University of Chicago. Although most of the students focused on sociology or anthropology, Redfield decided to follow both areas with the same intensity. His main concern was the main problem of the 1920s: the study of social change. Chicago school sociologists have approached social change by examining areas of rapid transit within the city, for example, areas inhabited by newly arrived immigrants, with the aim of clarifying the general principles or dynamics of social development.

Redfield's work can be seen in three different theoretical categories: (1) the study of social change or modernization; (2) peasant studies. And (3), Comparative study of civilizations. When looking for essays, excerpts from unpublished books, articles, and letters, this paper presents the central contributions of Redfield to each of these areas. This full volume examines the impact of Redfield's core contributions on the early development of modernization theory and the multidisciplinary fields of peasant studies and comparative civilizations. This is a massive book about a very moving figure.

About the author (2011)

Clifford Wilcox is the author from Robert Redfield and The Advancement from American Anthropology, released in 2004. He‘s an independent researcher in Ventura, California and has a Ph.D. In the intellectual history of the University of Michigan.

Bibliographic information 

Tіtlе Social Anthrороlоgу: Robert Rеdfіеld
Volume 1 оf Anthrороlоgу Clаѕѕісѕ
Edіtоr: Clіffоrd Wіlсоx
Publіѕhеr: Trаnѕасtіоn Publіѕhеrѕ, 2011
ISBN: 141281233X, 9781412812337
Lеngth: 308 pages
Subjесtѕ: Sосіаl Science › Sосіоlоgу › General
Social Science / Anthrороlоgу / Gеnеrаl
Social Sсіеnсе / Sociology / General


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