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Definition of Anthropology |
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Anthropology
The science of the structure and functions of the human body. The science of man; -- sometimes used in a limited sense to mean the study of man as an object of natural history, or as an animal. That manner of expression by which the inspired writers attribute human parts and passions to God. Related Definitions: An, And, Animal, As, Attribute, Body, By, Expression, God, History, Human, In, Inspired, Limited, Man, Manner, Mean, Natural, Object, Of, Or, Science, Sense, Sometimes, Structure, Study, That, The, To, Used, Which |
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Anthropology Quotations
Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and wonder that which one would not have been able to guess. Margaret Mead History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology. W. H. Auden The Secret Doctrine is the common property of the countless millions of men born under various climates, in times with which History refuses to deal, and to which esoteric teachings assign dates incompatible with the theories of Geology and Anthropology. H. P. Blavatsky I learned much more about acting from philosophy courses, psychology courses, history and anthropology than I ever learned in acting class. Tim Robbins Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, it's really an interesting place we live in. Evolution is a really fantastic idea, even more than the idea of God I think. Randy Newman Theology is anthropology. Anselm Feuerbach It's always amusing to look at how something early in the 20th century was written in anthropology and how it's written now. There's been an enormous shift in how it's done, but yet you can't put your finger on someone who actually did it. Clifford Geertz Younger anthropologists have the notion that anthropology is too diverse. The number of things done under the name of anthropology is just infinite; you can do anything and call it anthropology. Clifford Geertz If there's ever a place where you can't argue that you can put the facts over here and the text over there and see if they fit, it is surely in anthropology. Clifford Geertz Gender consciousness has become involved in almost every intellectual field: history, literature, science, anthropology. There's been an extraordinary advance. Clifford Geertz |
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Anthropology Translations
anthropology in French is anthropologie anthropology in German is Menschenkunde {f}, Anthropologie {f} anthropology in Swedish is antropologi |
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