Our Common Denominator: Human Universals Revisited (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781785330933)

Since the politicization of anthropology in the 1970s, most anthropologists have been reluctant to approach the topic of universals-that is, phenomena that occur regularly in all known human societies. In this volume, Christoph Antweiler reasserts the importance of these cross-cultural commonalities for anthropological research and for life and co-existence beyond the academy. The question presented here is how anthropology can help us approach humanity in its entirety, understanding the world less as a globe, with an emphasis on differences, but as a planet, from a vantage point open to commonalities.

Author: Christoph Antweiler
ISBN-10: 1785330934
ISBN-13: 9781785330933
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2016
Pages: 364
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2016