Author: Peacock, James L
Title: The Anthropological Lens : Harsh Light, Soft Focus
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1986. orig. wrappers. 22x13cm, xii, 124 pp. PAPERBACK.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: Substance: It's real!: culture beheld; Antropology defined: a holistic discipline; Perceiving holistically; Wholes differentiated into parts; analytical constructs; Culture & experience; The concept of culture in relation to nature; Society; The exotic location of community & culture;Culture & community in relation to individual & meaning; Method: Travel; Fieldwork; Fieldwork & related endeavors; Interpretation; Generalization; The middle ground: ethnographic generalization; Deduction, experimentation,& introspection; Fieldwork, ethnography, & theory; Significance: The greatest story ever told; The evolutionary & the interpretive perspectives;Implications for practice: the mastery of our future & the future of our mastery; Harsh light & soft focus.

Keywords: Anthropology, Philosophy, Ethnography, Social Sciences, Sociology, Ethnology, , ,