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The Invention of Culture

Paperback • 2016 • English

The Invention of Culture

By Roy Wagner

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About the book

In anthropology, a field that is known for its critical edge and intellectual agility, few books manage to maintain both historical value and contemporary relevance. Roy Wagner's The Invention of Culture, originally published in 1981, is one. Wagner breaks new ground by arguing that culture arises from the dialectic between the individual and the social world. Rooting his analysis in the relationship between invention and convention, innovation and control, meaning and context, he builds a theor...Show more

Social and cultural anthropology

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ISBN

9780226423289

Publisher

The University of Chicago Press

Published year

2016

Language

English

Original title

The Invention of Culture

Format

Paperback

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