Mentioned in Syllabus
- Classical evolutionism (Tylor, Morgan and Frazer)
- Diffusionism (British, German and American)
- Historical particularism (Boas);-Click Here
- Neo – evolutionism (Childe, White, Steward, Sahlins and Service)
- Functionalism (Malinowski);- Click Here
- Cultural materialism (Harris)
- Structural- functionlism (Radcliffe Brown)
- Structuralism School of thought
- Culture and personality School of thought (Psychological Studies in Anthropology)
- Introduction to Culture and Personality school of thought
- Ruth Benedict Contribution – Pattern of culture , National Character Studies
- Margaret Mead Contribution – Nature and Nurture studies
- Ralph Linton — Basic personality , status personality and social inventor
- Abraham Kardiner contribution – Basic Personality
- Cora-du Bois Contribution – Modal Personality
- Sigmund Freud Psychological Studies (Not mentioned in syllabus , still useful)
- Previous Years Questions
- Symbolic and interpretive theories (Turner, Schneider and Geertz)
- Cognitive theories
- Post- modernism in anthropology – – Click Here
Extra thinkers not mentioned in syllabus but one must cover as per UPSC demands
13. Emile Durkheim
- Mechanic and Organic Solidarity
- The Conscience Collective
- The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life
- Socialfacts
- Society as an organic system
Marx (1818-1883)
- The Capitalist Mode of Production
- Marx and non-Western societies
- The theoretical and social context for the revival of Marxism
14. Edward Sapir
15. Marcel Mauss
16. Evans-Pritchard
- A Theory of Accountability
- Azande Witchcraft: The Allocation of Accountability
- Social Anthropology as Social History
17. Eleanor Burke Leacock
18. Sherry Ortner
- Symbols and Symbolic Schemes
- Feminist Anthropology: Female/Male, Nature/Culture
- Himalayan Ethnographies
- Structure, Symbols, and Practice in the Himalayas
19. Marshall Sahlins
- Politics and Economy in Traditional Societies of the Pacific
- History and Structure
- Killing Captain Cook
- Socioecology
Some Famous Authors – Not Mentioned in syllabus
- Marett, Robert Ranulph
- The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life (1912) by Durkheim
- Ancient Society Book L.H Morgan
Levi Strauss