anthropology — anthropological /an threuh peuh loj i keuhl/, anthropologic, adj. anthropologically, adv. /an threuh pol euh jee/, n. 1. the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs… … Universalium
1943 in anthropology — 1943 in anthropologyEventsPublicationsBirths*Eduardo Archetti Deaths*Mark Cohen *Katsuyoshi Fukui *Aleš Hrdlička *Donald Johansonee also* List of years in anthropology * 1942 in anthropology * 1944 in anthropology … Wikipedia
philosophical anthropology — anthropology (def. 4). * * * Study of human nature conducted by the methods of philosophy. It is concerned with questions such as the status of human beings in the universe, the purpose or meaning of human life, and whether humanity can be made… … Universalium
cultural anthropology — cultural anthropologist. the branch of anthropology dealing with the origins, history, and development of human culture, and including in its scope the fields of archaeology, ethnology, and ethnography. Also called social anthropology. Cf.… … Universalium
Biological anthropology — Biological anthropology, or physical anthropology is a branch of anthropology that studies the mechanisms of biological evolution, genetic inheritance, human adaptability and variation, primatology, primate morphology, and the fossil record of… … Wikipedia
List of years in anthropology — NOTOC 1800s 1900s 2000s1800s1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842… … Wikipedia
religion, sociology of — The scientific study of religious institutions, beliefs, and practices had its origins in Marxism and the neo Hegelian critique of religion, but it is primarily associated with the late nineteenth century research into religious phenomena by… … Dictionary of sociology
HISTORY bibliography — General ■ Abun Nasr, Jamil M. History of the Maghrib. 2nd rev. ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1975. ■ Ajayi, J. F. A, and Michael Crowder. History of West Africa. 2 vols. London: Longman Group, 1971, 1974. ■ Akkache, A. Tacfarinas.… … Historical dictionary of the berbers (Imazighen)
Paul Rabinow — (1944 ) is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California (Berkeley), Director of the Anthropology of the Contemporary Research Collaboratory (ARC), and former Director of Human Practices for the Synthetic Biology Engineering Research… … Wikipedia
Aryan race — This article is about the racial theory. For the full range of meanings of Aryan , see Aryan. For other uses, see Aryan (disambiguation). Aryanism redirects here. For the Christian theology, see Arianism … Wikipedia