Background
Carneiro, Robert Leonard was born on June 4, 1927 in New York City. Son of Anthony Mario and Serafina (Garrigo) Carneiro.
( Evolutionism in Cultural Anthropologytraces the interac...)
Evolutionism in Cultural Anthropologytraces the interaction of evolutionary thought and anthropological theory from Herbert Spencer to the twenty-first century. It is a focused examination of how the idea of evolution has continued to provide anthropology with a master principle around which a vast body of data can be organized and synthesized. Erudite and readable, and quoting extensively from early theorists (such as Edward Tylor, Lewis Henry Morgan, John McLennan, Henry Maine, and James Frazer) so that the reader might judge them on the basis of their own words, Evolutionism in Cultural Anthropology is useful reading for courses in anthropological theory and the history of anthropology.
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(Is history more than (in Boswell's words) a 'chronologica...)
Is history more than (in Boswell's words) a 'chronological series of remarkable events'? Does it have a pattern? Is it fraught with 'meaning'? Can we discern its trends? What determines its course? In short, can a substantial and coherent philosophy of history be devised that offers answers to these questions? These issues, which have intrigued -and bedeviled - historians for centuries, are explored in this thoughtful book.
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Carneiro, Robert Leonard was born on June 4, 1927 in New York City. Son of Anthony Mario and Serafina (Garrigo) Carneiro.
Bachelor, University of Michigan, 1949; Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1957.
Instructor anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1956-1957;
assistant curator anthropology, American Museum Natural History, New York City, 1957-1963;
associate curator anthropology, American Museum Natural History, New York City, 1963-1969;
curator anthropology, American Museum Natural History, New York City, since 1969. Ethnographic field work Kuikuru Indians, Brazil, 1953-1954, 75, Amahuaca Indians, Peru, 1960-1961, Yanomamo Indians, Venezuela, 1975. Visiting professor University of California at Los Angeles, 1968, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1973, U. Victoria, B.C., 1977.
Adjunct Professor anthropology Columbia University, since 1992.
(Is history more than (in Boswell's words) a 'chronologica...)
( Evolutionism in Cultural Anthropologytraces the interac...)
Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science (chairman nominating committee section H 1982-1983), American Anthropological Association, New York Academy of Sciences (vice chairman, chairman anthropology section 1981-1983, 1983-1985), Linnean Society London. Member: National Academy of Sciences.
Married Barbara Ora Bode, August 7, 1980. 1 child Brett Rodrigo.