Anthropology

Want to learn more about anthropology? Every field has what's known as "seminal theorists" or "seminal books" that are must-reads in order the understand the field. Here are some of the best for learning about anthropology:

1. The Gift by Marcel Mauss
2. The Nuer; Witchcraft, Magic and Oracles Among the Azande by EE Evans-Prichard
3. Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Emile Durkheim
4. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber
5. Patterns of Culture by Ruth Benedict
6. The Interpretation of Cultures by Clifford Geertz
7. American Kinship by David Schneider
8. Culture and Practical Reason by Marshall Sahlins 
9. Argonauts of the West Pacific by Bronislaw Malinowski
10. Friction by Anna Tsing
11. Purity and Danger by Mary Douglas
12. Distinction by Pierre Bourdieu