In order to place
modern anthropology in its world context, a general overview of the
major paradigms (world views) in social theory will be given: Circular,
Enlightenment, Romantic, Evolutionary, Functionalist, Structuralist.
Some of the reasons for change in paradigms and the nature of the
questions and models behind each paradigm will be discussed.
E.E.Evans-Pritchard,
The Nuer (1965), chapter on space and time.
Thomas Kuhn, The structure of Scientific Revolutions (1975)
Gellner introduction to Evans-Pritchard, History.
Macfarlane, Riddle, ch.1
Nisbet, Sociological Tradition, esp. chs. 1,2
Voget, History.
