R G Willis
Biographic Data
| ID | 96944 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R G Willis |
| GIVEN NAMES | R G |
| FAMILY NAME | Willis |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIS R G |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 119 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1964 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
The Biology of God
The Savage in Literature; Representations of 'Primitive' Society in English Fiction 1858-1920
The Study of Culture
Theories of Man and Culture
This article reviews four books that offer different theoretical perspectives on the relationship between man and culture. The authors critique the approaches taken in each book, highlighting their strengths and weaknesses. They discuss the concepts of culture, social structure, and human nature as presented in the works, and analyze the methodologies employed by the authors. The review emphasizes the importance of considering both biological and…
Anthropologists and Anthropology
Right and Left
Les Fondements de la société d'initiation du Komo. By G. Dieterlen and Y. Cissé. Paris and The Hague
The Character of Kinship
A Natural History of Associations
Civilizations of Black Africa
Explorations in Anthropology
Anthropology
Chiefship in Western Tanzania
National Liberation
Aware of Utopia
Pollution and Paradigms
As S. B. Barnes (I969) remarks, the work of Evans-Pritchard, Levi-Strauss and Horton has combined to narrow the gap between 'primitive' and 'scientific' thought as this difference had been defined by Frazer and Levy-Bruhl. Barnes himself adduces T. S. Kuhn's Structure of scientific revolutions (I962) as evidence that scientists are in fact more 'primitive' in their thinking than their public self-image allows-thus narrowing the gap still further.…
Explanation in the Behavioural Sciences
The Environment of Change
The Anthropology of Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Communal Organizations
Kaswa
Opening ParagraphThe oral traditions of the Fipa of south-west Tanzania tell of the advent in their country in pre-colonial times of a prophet called Kaswa. This man is said to have foretold the destruction of the old social order in Ufipa (the name given to the country of the Fipa) and its replacement by the values and technology of a capitalistic society. After making these prophecies Kaswa miraculously disappeared into the ground
An Introduction to Sociology
Values as Integrating Forces in Personality, Society and Culture
Culture in Process
Social Stratification in Tribal Africa
Kamcape
Opening ParagraphWhile doing field-work among the Fipa of south-west Tanzania between December 1962 and June 1964 I collected evidence about an anti-sorcery cult or movement called Kamcape which was then active in the area. The present article describes this evidence and seeks to assess its sociological significance
National Liberation
Traditional History and Social Structure in Ufipa
Opening ParagraphThe Fipa of south-western Tanganyika are a Bantu-speaking people numbering 78,000 at the last tribal census in 1948. Most of them live on a high and largely deforested plateau bounded on the west by the southern extremity of Lake Tanganyika and on the east by Lake Rukwa. On the plateau, a corridor of land roughly 140 miles long and varying from 30 to 50 miles in width, the Fipa are agriculturalists and raisers of livestock, parti…
A Natural History of Associations
The Head and the Loins
Pollution and Paradigms
As S. B. Barnes (I969) remarks, the work of Evans-Pritchard, Levi-Strauss and Horton has combined to narrow the gap between 'primitive' and 'scientific' thought as this difference had been defined by Frazer and Levy-Bruhl. Barnes himself adduces T. S. Kuhn's Structure of scientific revolutions (I962) as evidence that scientists are in fact more 'primitive' in their thinking than their public self-image allows-thus narrowing the gap still further.…
Explanation in the Behavioural Sciences
Chiefship in Western Tanzania
The Anthropology of Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Kaswa
Opening ParagraphThe oral traditions of the Fipa of south-west Tanzania tell of the advent in their country in pre-colonial times of a prophet called Kaswa. This man is said to have foretold the destruction of the old social order in Ufipa (the name given to the country of the Fipa) and its replacement by the values and technology of a capitalistic society. After making these prophecies Kaswa miraculously disappeared into the ground
The Biology of God
Right and Left
Explorations in Anthropology
An Introduction to Sociology
Values as Integrating Forces in Personality, Society and Culture
Social Stratification in Tribal Africa
Traditional History and Social Structure in Ufipa
Opening ParagraphThe Fipa of south-western Tanganyika are a Bantu-speaking people numbering 78,000 at the last tribal census in 1948. Most of them live on a high and largely deforested plateau bounded on the west by the southern extremity of Lake Tanganyika and on the east by Lake Rukwa. On the plateau, a corridor of land roughly 140 miles long and varying from 30 to 50 miles in width, the Fipa are agriculturalists and raisers of livestock, parti…
The Head and the Loins
Values as Integrating Forces in Personality, Society and Culture
Culture in Process
Social Stratification in Tribal Africa
Kamcape
Opening ParagraphWhile doing field-work among the Fipa of south-west Tanzania between December 1962 and June 1964 I collected evidence about an anti-sorcery cult or movement called Kamcape which was then active in the area. The present article describes this evidence and seeks to assess its sociological significance
An Introduction to Sociology
The Anthropology of Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Communal Organizations
Kaswa
Opening ParagraphThe oral traditions of the Fipa of south-west Tanzania tell of the advent in their country in pre-colonial times of a prophet called Kaswa. This man is said to have foretold the destruction of the old social order in Ufipa (the name given to the country of the Fipa) and its replacement by the values and technology of a capitalistic society. After making these prophecies Kaswa miraculously disappeared into the ground
The Environment of Change
National Liberation
Aware of Utopia
Pollution and Paradigms
As S. B. Barnes (I969) remarks, the work of Evans-Pritchard, Levi-Strauss and Horton has combined to narrow the gap between 'primitive' and 'scientific' thought as this difference had been defined by Frazer and Levy-Bruhl. Barnes himself adduces T. S. Kuhn's Structure of scientific revolutions (I962) as evidence that scientists are in fact more 'primitive' in their thinking than their public self-image allows-thus narrowing the gap still further.…
Explanation in the Behavioural Sciences
Anthropology
Chiefship in Western Tanzania
Les Fondements de la société d'initiation du Komo. By G. Dieterlen and Y. Cissé. Paris and The Hague
The Character of Kinship
A Natural History of Associations
Civilizations of Black Africa
Explorations in Anthropology
The Study of Culture
Theories of Man and Culture
This article reviews four books that offer different theoretical perspectives on the relationship between man and culture. The authors critique the approaches taken in each book, highlighting their strengths and weaknesses. They discuss the concepts of culture, social structure, and human nature as presented in the works, and analyze the methodologies employed by the authors. The review emphasizes the importance of considering both biological and…
Anthropologists and Anthropology
Sociology (13 works) · Philosophy (11 works) · Philosophy (10 works) · History (7 works) · History (7 works) · Anthropology (6 works) · Art (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · African history and culture studies (5 works) · Epistemology (5 works)