Adam Kuper

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Adam Kuper is a prominent British anthropologist known for his influential work on the history and theory of social anthropology.

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instanceOf anthropologist
human
awardReceived Huxley Memorial Medal
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
educatedAt University of Cambridge
University of the Witwatersrand
employer Brunel University
London School of Economics
University of Leiden
familyName Kuper
fieldOfWork anthropological theory
history of anthropology
social anthropology
givenName Adam
hasAcademicDiscipline anthropology
social sciences
hasRole editor of encyclopedias on social sciences
influencedBy A. R. Radcliffe-Brown
Bronisław Malinowski
Claude Lévi-Strauss
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf British Academy
name Adam Kuper
notableFor theory of social anthropology
work on the history of social anthropology
notableWork Anthropology and Anthropologists
Culture: The Anthropologists' Account
Key Concepts in the Social Sciences (editor)
The Chosen Primate
The Invention of Primitive Society
The Reinvention of Primitive Society
The Social Anthropology of Radcliffe-Brown
Wives for Cattle
occupation anthropologist
university professor
placeOfActivity South Africa
United Kingdom
positionHeld Centennial Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics
Professor of Anthropology at Brunel University
sexOrGender male
spouse Jessica Kuper
writesAbout concept of culture in anthropology
evolutionary perspectives in anthropology
history of anthropological thought
kinship and marriage systems

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