'Discussing the failings as well as the achievements of the Manchester School, this book is a welcome invitation to rethink how anthropology was influenced by a group of people with a dedication to understanding the complexity of post-World War II colonial and postcolonial challenges.'
American Anthropologist
Introduction
1 Max Gluckman in South Africa: role model, early leadership
2 Max Gluckman's commitments, projects and legacies
3 Elizabeth Colson: home town anthropologist, systems sceptic
4 Clyde Mitchell and A.L. Epstein: urban perspectives
5 Relational thought, networks, circles
6 Friendship, interlocking directorates, cosmopolitanism
7 A. L. Epstein's enduring argument: The reasonable man and emotion
8 Victor Turner: 'voyage of discovery'
9 The reanalysis of Chihamba the White Spirit
10 Anthropology and the postcolonial
Conclusion
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