Luke Eric Lassiter
Autor von Invitation to Anthropology
Über den Autor
Luke Eric Lassiter is professor of humanities and anthropology as well as director of the Graduate Humanities Program at Marshall University.
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- Geburtstag
- 1968-02-29
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Wohnorte
- Danville, Virginia, USA
Muncie, Indiana, USA
Charleston, West Virginia, USA - Ausbildung
- Radford University
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Margaret Mead Award (2005)
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- 6
- Mitglieder
- 102
- Beliebtheit
- #187,251
- Bewertung
- 4.4
- Rezensionen
- 1
- ISBNs
- 21
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- 1
Moreover, the text takes a truly open view of the world itself. Other viewpoints are explained with the writer admitting his own bias more often than not. He doesn't take a fool-proof view of the world (i.e. everything is relative) but by the same token, does explain why such a view is helpful. All in all, I feel that I learned a lot from this book - particularly the religion section with its use of David J. Hufford's view of "tradition of disbelief" in regards to religious ethnocentrism. I eagerly anticipate reading the rest of the texts for this course.… (mehr)