Seasonal Variations of the Eskimo is one of the first books in anthropology to adopt a sociological approach to the analysis of a single society. Mauss links elements of anthropology and human geography, arguing that geographical factors should be considered in relation to a soc…
Annotation Collection of six essays by anthropologist Derek Freeman (1914-2001), originally written as lectures over a 30-year period. Contends that humans have the capacity to make choices, opposing the view that all human behaviour is the result of social conditioning. Include…
Sunan Kalijaga , a figure of great popular significance, is the most important of the nine walī (wali sanga) who are believed to have been the founders of Islam on Java. The earliest primary source that recounts the life and activities of Kalijaga is the Babad Tanah Jawi (“Chron…