Defining the Human - Finn Sivert Nielsen - Social Anthropologist (anthropology russia soviet union america usa theory methods history globalization aesthetics)

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Defining the human

Defining the generically human condition is of intrinsic interest for anthropology. Some preconditions for such a definition are considered below... Contribute to this project

Adolf Bastian - "the psychic unity of mankind"	From the Online dictionary of anthropology.
Timeline of human history	Overview of geological, evolutionary and historical time, which gives an idea of the discrepancy between experienced time and actual history.
Human - object - tool	On "tools" as archetypically - and perhaps definitorily - human.
Sted og Meta-Sted: Mot en postmoderne teori om identitet	Discusses some questions of the relationship between (human) ethnicity and (animal) territoriality.
The Dual and the Real: Thoughts on an Essay by Claude Lévi-Strauss	Which, among other things, discusses dialectics as a basic principle of thought.
Kjønn - begjær, bilde, makt	Materials for an experimental course on gender.
Texts on human-animal relations	... on AnthroBase.
Texts on the nature-culture distinction	... on AnthroBase.