Author: Robert Parkin

The work of Louis Dumont, who died in 1998, on India and modern individualism represented certain theoretical advances on the earlier structuralism of Claude Lévi-Strauss. One such advance is Dumont’ …

While in some cases modernity may dominate ‘traditional’ forms of expression, in others, the modern is embraced as a welcome source of new ideas that can modify ‘tradition’ while still keeping it wit …

Outside France, French anthropology is conventionally seen as being dominated by grand theory produced by writers who have done little or no fieldwork themselves, and who may not even count as anthro …

Robert Parkin’s book gives a reading of each of these texts before going on to show their subsequent influence on anthropologists in particular. Hertz’s activities as reviewer and phamphleteer are …

Robert Parkin’s book gives a reading of each of these texts before going on to show their subsequent influence on anthropologists in particular. Hertz’s activities as reviewer and phamphleteer are …

One Discipline, Four Ways offers the first book-length introduction to the history of each of the four major traditions in anthropology-British, German, French, and American. The result of lectures …

South Asia in Transition is an introductory book on the anthropology of South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, suitable for students at all levels and others …

Using some of his landmark publications on kinship, along with a new introduction, chapter and conclusion, Robert Parkin discusses here the changes in kinship terminologies and marriage practices, as …

Studying the German-Polish ethnic relations, this book analyses the people and region through their respective borderlands, migration, official cooperation and unofficial suspicions across the border …