How to Think Like an Anthropologist by Matthew Engelke (Book Review Sample)
THE PAPER PRIMARILY FOCUSES ON THE BOOK REVIEW. THE PAPER HAS EXTENSIVELY REVIEWED THE INTRODUCTION OF THE BOOK, THE ELEVEN CHAPTERS THAT ARE ENTAILED IN THE BOOK, AND THE CONCLUSION OF THE BOOK ON HOW TO THINK LIKE AN ANTHROPOLOGIST. THE REVIEW SUBJECT IS HOW TO THINK LIKE AN ANTHROPOLOGIST WRITTEN BY MATTHEW ENGELKE.
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Book Review; How to Think Like an Anthropologist by Matthew Engelke
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Book Review; How to Think Like an Anthropologist by Matthew Engelke
Matthew Engelke submits a lively and accessible introduction to anthropology that covers subjects, practitioners, and a range of contemporary approaches. The book encourages a reader to meditate about various cases used by anthropology to make sense of the world through concepts of culture, civilization, values, value, blood, identity, authority, reason, and nature. Engelke shows that anthropology matters because it helps to portray something about people and their culture. Also, it facilitates the understanding of other cultures from different points of view.[. Robbins, Joel. "How to Think Like an Anthropologist. By Matthew Engelke." (2019): 303]
'How to Think Like an Anthropologist' constitutes eleven chapters with an introduction, analysis of nine concepts, and a conclusion. Each chapter provides an analysis of a concept in which historical background is provided and the development of the concept. The introduction provides an indirect definition of anthropology by showing the differences in the subject. Engelke submits that anthropology is wider than an academic discipline that is very good at questioning concepts, at questioning "common sense". The book provides an excellent introduction that offers a brief history of the founding
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