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Belief in Anthropology

By Rosemary Joyce, Ph.D. on April 14, 2012 in What Makes Us Human

Anthropology, with its claim to examining the human experience holistically, shares a lot of intellectual territory with other social sciences and humanities disciplines. There is literally nothing about human existence, past or present, that is outside of our disciplinary focus. Read More

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Rosemary Joyce

Rosemary Joyce, Ph.D., is a professor of anthropology at UC Berkeley.

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