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Counterworks

Counterworks

Richard Fardon

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
1995
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Antropología
ISBN:
9780415107921

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Counterworks argues that the apparent oppostion between strong westernizing forces and a weak concept of culture needs rethinking in a world where a sense of culture has become a wide spread property of people’s social knowledge.

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