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Pastoralist Ecologies
"Pastoralists are found all over the world, from camel herders in tropical deserts to cattle herders in African savannas and to reindeer herders in the Scandinavian Arctic, yak herders on the Tibetan plateau, and camelid herders in the Andes. Although it may seem that these regions are vastly different from one another, all of the pastoral groups who live in these areas occupy what anthropologists consider a marginal environment. ..." – By J. Terrence McCabe
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Kant and Anthropology
"Despite Kant’s acknowledged importance as a forerunner of anthropology and his subsequent direct and mediated influence upon social and cultural anthropology, there are few systematic efforts to examine the different ways he has been received. Although not an exhaustive survey, this article explores how anthropologists have engaged Kant through central themes that constitute his three critiques..." – By Naveeda Khan
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