Re: Sociology/Anthropology

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On Thu, 22 Feb 1996, Warren Sproule wrote:

>
> This point is more forcibly reiterated in a 1991 paper by David Wilson
> considering more closely the
>
> "... separation between sociology and anthropology. In the main, sociology
> studies Western literate societies, anthropology, oral or 'primitive'
> societies. I am frankly not convinced that anthropology is much more than
>
In other words, Sociology is a form of ethnography. That is whatI had
decided when I dropped the field after getting a joint Soc/Anthro Masters.
It is another topical area, like political science or economics, limited
to the descriptive (as opposed to the theoretical) because it only
considers one case.

Matthew Hill (mhhill@watarts.uwaterloo.ca)

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