Enigma of Max Gluckman

Examines one of the most influential British anthropologists of the twentieth century. South African-born Max Gluckman was the founder of what became known as the Manchester School of social anthropology, a key figure in the anthropology of anticolonialism and conflict theory in southern Africa, and one of the most prolific structuralist and Marxist anthropologists of his generation.

Examineaza unul dintre cei mai influenti antropologi britanici ai secolului XX. Max Gluckman, nascut in Africa de Sud, a fost fondatorul a ceea ce a devenit cunoscut sub numele de Scoala de antropologie sociala din Manchester, o figura cheie in antropologia anticolonialismului si a teoriei conflictelor din sudul Africii si unul dintre cei mai prolifici antropologi structuralisti si marxisti din generatia sa.