Social Anthropology

It's time to hack up that old suit, slap on the corn syrup blood & get your stagger on. But what are the origins behind one of Halloween's most favored characters?

Oct 14, 2009 - Hari Navarro

Since its very inception, the myth-ritualist school debated whether myth or ritual came first. Today most scholars work on either of the two.

Sep 30, 2009 - Francesca Aniballi

April Fools' Day, is not an official holiday, but is commemorated in many countries around the world. But, why do we pull pranks and hoaxes on the 1st of April?

Mar 31, 2009 - Samantha Markham

Many people think the world is no more violent now than it has been through the ages of civilization but this is simply not true.

Mar 31, 2009 - Edurne Scott

At the start of the 20th century, Darwinism became a convenient support for racist beliefs that there is a hierarchy of primates with whites at the pinnacle.

Mar 9, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

Robert Merton's views on deviant behavior, or strain theory, as well as his typology of deviance, has defined a longstanding paradigm in sociological research.

Mar 4, 2009 - Peter Lista

Human beings have eaten each other throughout history for a variety of different cultural, criminal, religious and philosophical reasons not always with evil intent.

Nov 26, 2008 - John Stringer

Community service and care is an ever-growing area that governments in Western societies are deciding to pour more money into each year.

Aug 8, 2007 - Mario R. J. Corbin