宗教、政治、経済、医療などのフィールドを越えて、多様な他者によって生きられる世界の意味を探る（社会）文化人類学のアプローチの起源と発展を追って、全88点の必読文献をテーマ別の全4巻に収録、各巻に編者の序文を付す。This is the first multi-volume collection of major writings on cultural anthropology. It covers key methodologies (participant observation, ethnography) and topics (kinship, ritual, values) and maps the development of the field from its beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century through to recent and current debates on the 'critique of anthropology' and the rise of new methodologies such as multi-sited research.