A History of Anthropological Theory by Paul A. Erickson
Published 1998 · 79,200 words · about 6 hours at an average pace
How hard is A History of Anthropological Theory to read?
A History of Anthropological Theory scores 55 out of 100 for difficulty on ReadingRate, making it quite demanding. The score is a weighted composite of nine measures: four of how hard the prose is to parse, five of how hard the meaning is to extract.
- Vocabulary: 62 out of 100
- Theoretical vocabulary from every school in the discipline.
- Sentence structure: 58 out of 100
- Textbook sentences — clear, but heavily loaded.
- Abstraction: 68 out of 100
- A survey of abstractions rather than of cases.
- Information density: 72 out of 100
- A century and a half of theory compressed into a short book.
How A History of Anthropological Theory is regarded
A History of Anthropological Theory holds a literary regard score of 38 out of 100, weighing its place in the canon, its critical reception, its influence on other writers, and the standing of its author. Regard is measured separately from difficulty: a demanding book is not necessarily an admired one.