Tag: anthropology
BOOK REVIEW | The Perfect Assassin
Prof. Brandt Savage, grandson of the legendary action hero Doc Savage, is forced into a top-secret training program where he discovers his true calling...as the perfect assassin.
BOOK REVIEW | The Social and Political Thought of Archie Mafeje
Social scientist Archie Mafeje, who was born in the Eastern Cape but lived most of his scholarly life in exile, was one of Africa’s most prominent intellectuals. This ground breaking book is the first to consider the entire body of Mafeje’s oeuvre and offers much needed engagement with his ideas.
BOOK REVIEW | Dress as Social Relations
To dress is a uniquely human experience, but practices and meanings of dress vary greatly among people. In a Western cultural tradition, the practice of dressing ‘properly’ has for centuries distinguished ‘civilised’ people from ‘savages’.
