What We Are Reading Today: How to Think Like an Anthropologist

What We Are Reading Today: How to Think Like an Anthropologist
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Updated 04 June 2024
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What We Are Reading Today: How to Think Like an Anthropologist

What We Are Reading Today: How to Think Like an Anthropologist

Author: Matthew Engelke

What is anthropology? What can it tell us about the world? Why, in short, does it matter?

For well over a century, cultural anthropologists have circled the globe, from Papua New Guinea to California, uncovering surprising insights about how humans organize their lives and articulate their values.

In the process, anthropology has done more than any other discipline to reveal what culture means and why it matters.