Anthropology After Gluckman: The Manchester School, Colonial and Postcolonial Transformations

by Richard Werbner

Book Overview

Placing the Manchester School at the vanguard of modern social anthropology, this book reveals the cosmopolitan distinctiveness of the intimate circle around Max Gluckman. Such distinctiveness was driven by creative difference, travelling theories and innovative, interdisciplinary approaches. The expansion of social anthropology as a dynamic, open discipline became the hallmark of the Manchester School. The remarkable careers and legacies of the Manchester...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526160315
• ISBN13: 9781526160317
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"