Download or read book Anthropology & the Colonial Encounter written by Talal Asad and published by [London] : Ithaca Press. This book was released on 1973-01-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [The papers in this book analyse and document ways in which anthropological thinking and practice have been affected by British colonialism. They approach this topic from different points of view and at different levels. Each stands as an original contribution to an argument which is only just beginning].