The Value of Comparison

by Peter van der Veer

Book Overview

In The Value of Comparison Peter van der Veer makes a compelling case for using comparative approaches in the study of society and for the need to resist the simplified civilization narratives popular in public discourse and some social theory. He takes the quantitative social sciences and the broad social theories they rely on to task for their inability to question Western cultural presuppositions, demonstrating that anthropology's comparative approach...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822361582
• ISBN13: 9780822361589
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"