- Home
- Categories
- Non Fiction
- History
- Ancient & Civilization
- In Search of Us - Adventures in Anthropology
In Search of Us - Adventures in Anthropology
By: Lucy Moore
-
Rs 2,335.50
- Rs 2,595.00
- 10%
You save Rs 259.50.
Due to constant currency fluctuation, prices are subject to change with or without notice.
***A Waterstones Best Books of 2022 pick***
The story of the pioneering anthropologists and their adventures among civilisations that were first thought of as being primitive and savage. What they discovered, however, would change the way we think about ourselves.
In the late nineteenth century, when non-European societies were seen as 'living fossils' offering an insight into how Western civilisation had evolved, anthropology was a thrilling new discipline which attracted the brightest minds of the academic world. But, by the middle of the twentieth century, colonialism was recognised as being inextricably linked to exploitation and outdated labels like 'savage' were inconceivable when so-called 'civilised' man had wreaked such devastation across two world wars.
Focusing on twelve key European and American anthropologists working in the field, from Franz Boas on Baffin Island in the 1880s to Claude Lévi-Strauss in Brazil fifty years later, Lucy Moore explores the brief flowering of anthropology as a quasi-scientific area of study with all its insights and ambivalence. In Search of Us tells the story of the men and women whose observations of the 'other' would transform attitudes about race, gender equality, sexual liberation, parenting and tolerance in ways they had never anticipated.
In an enthralling, perceptive narrative, Moore shows how these radical anthropologists were inspired by their time in the furthest-flung reaches of the known world, becoming pioneers of a new way of thinking. In the end, their legacy is less about understanding foreign cultures and more about their attempts to persuade human beings to look at one another with eyes washed free from prejudice. Their intention may have been to explain what they saw as the primitive world to the civilised one but they ended up changing the way people viewed themselves - at least for a time.
***A Waterstones Best Books of 2022 pick***
The story of the pioneering anthropologists and their adventures among civilisations that were first thought of as being primitive and savage. What they discovered, however, would change the way we think about ourselves.
In the late nineteenth century, when non-European societies were seen as 'living fossils' offering an insight into how Western civilisation had evolved, anthropology was a thrilling new discipline which attracted the brightest minds of the academic world. But, by the middle of the twentieth century, colonialism was recognised as being inextricably linked to exploitation and outdated labels like 'savage' were inconceivable when so-called 'civilised' man had wreaked such devastation across two world wars.
Focusing on twelve key European and American anthropologists working in the field, from Franz Boas on Baffin Island in the 1880s to Claude Lévi-Strauss in Brazil fifty years later, Lucy Moore explores the brief flowering of anthropology as a quasi-scientific area of study with all its insights and ambivalence. In Search of Us tells the story of the men and women whose observations of the 'other' would transform attitudes about race, gender equality, sexual liberation, parenting and tolerance in ways they had never anticipated.
In an enthralling, perceptive narrative, Moore shows how these radical anthropologists were inspired by their time in the furthest-flung reaches of the known world, becoming pioneers of a new way of thinking. In the end, their legacy is less about understanding foreign cultures and more about their attempts to persuade human beings to look at one another with eyes washed free from prejudice. Their intention may have been to explain what they saw as the primitive world to the civilised one but they ended up changing the way people viewed themselves - at least for a time.
In Search of Us - Adventures in Anthropology
By: Lucy Moore
Rs 2,335.50 Rs 2,595.00 Ex Tax :Rs 2,335.50
Zubin Mehta: A Musical Journey (An Authorized Biography)
By: VOID - Bakhtiar K. Dadabhoy
Rs 892.50 Rs 1,050.00 Ex Tax :Rs 892.50
Anthro-Vision: How Anthropology Can Explain Business and Life
By: Gillian Tett
Rs 1,496.25 Rs 1,995.00 Ex Tax :Rs 1,496.25
The Origins of Political Order From Prehuman Times to the French RevolutioN
By: Francis Fukuyama
Rs 4,045.50 Rs 4,495.00 Ex Tax :Rs 4,045.50
Manning Up: How the Rise of Women Has Turned Men into Boys
By: Kay Hymowitz
Rs 845.75 Rs 995.00 Ex Tax :Rs 845.75
The Obama Syndrome: Surrender At Home War Abroad
By: Tariq Ali
Rs 1,100.75 Rs 1,295.00 Ex Tax :Rs 1,100.75
The Quest For Meaning: Developing A Philosophy Of Pluralism
By: Tariq Ramadan
Rs 1,185.75 Rs 1,395.00 Ex Tax :Rs 1,185.75
The Pakistan US Conundrum Jihadists The Military And The People The Struggle For Control
By: Yunas Samad
Rs 1,185.75 Rs 1,395.00 Ex Tax :Rs 1,185.75
An Enemy We Created: The Myth Of The Taliban Al Qaeda Merger In Afghanistan 19702010
By: Alex Strick van Linschoten
Rs 4,197.50 Rs 8,395.00 Ex Tax :Rs 4,197.50
WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assanges War on Secrecy
By: David Leigh & Luke Harding
Rs 637.50 Rs 850.00 Ex Tax :Rs 637.50
Anthro-Vision: How Anthropology Can Explain Business and Life
By: Gillian Tett
Rs 1,496.25 Rs 1,995.00 Ex Tax :Rs 1,496.25
Socrates in Love: The Making of a Philosopher
By: Armand D Angour
Rs 2,205.75 Rs 2,595.00 Ex Tax :Rs 2,205.75
The Small States Club - How Small Smart States Can Save the World
By: Armen Sarkissian
Rs 7,915.50 Rs 8,795.00 Ex Tax :Rs 7,915.50
Sagittarius: A Guided Journal - A Celestial Guide to Recording Your Cosmic Sagittarius Journey
By: Constance Stellas
Rs 2,205.75 Rs 2,595.00 Ex Tax :Rs 2,205.75
Snow Leopard: Grey Ghost of the Mountain
By: Justin Anderson
Rs 1,610.75 Rs 1,895.00 Ex Tax :Rs 1,610.75
The New Makers of Modern Strategy: From the Ancient World to the Digital Age
By: Hal Brands
Rs 12,145.50 Rs 13,495.00 Ex Tax :Rs 12,145.50
Stop Waiting, Start Investing - Build Wealth With 10 Minutes Of Work
By: Ryan King
Rs 4,045.50 Rs 4,495.00 Ex Tax :Rs 4,045.50
Seeing Things as They Are: Selected Journalism and Other Writings (Penguin Modern Classics)
By: George Orwell
Rs 1,865.75 Rs 2,195.00 Ex Tax :Rs 1,865.75
Nudge - Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth and Happiness
By: Richard H Thaler
Rs 2,515.50 Rs 2,795.00 Ex Tax :Rs 2,515.50
Out of Your Comfort Zone - Breaking Boundaries for a Life Beyond Limits
By: Dr. Emma Mardlin
Rs 1,270.75 Rs 1,495.00 Ex Tax :Rs 1,270.75
The Social Brain - The Psychology of Successful Groups
By: Tracey Camilleri
Rs 2,515.50 Rs 2,795.00 Ex Tax :Rs 2,515.50
The Knight's First Tournament Peek Inside the 3d Windows Popup Books
By: Dereen Taylor
Rs 2,695.50 Rs 2,995.00 Ex Tax :Rs 2,695.50
My Stress Tracker: A Journal to Help You Map Out and Manage Your Stress Levels
By: Anna Barnes
Rs 2,335.50 Rs 2,595.00 Ex Tax :Rs 2,335.50
The Flash: S.T.A.R. Labs Ruled Pocket Journal
By: Insight Editions
Rs 1,270.75 Rs 1,495.00 Ex Tax :Rs 1,270.75
Politics on the Edge - A Memoir from Within
By: Rory Stewart
Rs 4,675.50 Rs 5,195.00 Ex Tax :Rs 4,675.50
Francis Bacon - A Self-Portrait in Words
By: Michael Peppiatt
Rs 14,395.50 Rs 15,995.00 Ex Tax :Rs 14,395.50
Why Buddhism is True - The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
By: Robert Wright
Rs 2,695.50 Rs 2,995.00 Ex Tax :Rs 2,695.50
Zubin Mehta: A Musical Journey (An Authorized Biography)
By: VOID - Bakhtiar K. Dadabhoy
Rs 892.50 Rs 1,050.00 Ex Tax :Rs 892.50
In Search of Us - Adventures in Anthropology
By: Lucy Moore
Rs 2,335.50 Rs 2,595.00 Ex Tax :Rs 2,335.50
Anthro-Vision: How Anthropology Can Explain Business and Life
By: Gillian Tett
Rs 1,496.25 Rs 1,995.00 Ex Tax :Rs 1,496.25