Anthropology, which has claimed to deal with “human” holistically for more than a century, has taken its place in history as a new social science; Over time, with the change of cultural phenomena, it has also been transformed and divided into sub-disciplines.
The Culture That Shaped Us – An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology book also presents this social science field to the reader as an introductory text.
In this book, starting from the conditions in which anthropology emerged and following its interaction with other social sciences; anthropology as well as theoretical approaches; Field experiences, research methods, language, economics, gender, family, politics, law, religion and art are also discussed.
If everything that stays the same and/or changes is within the domain of culture, then commonalities and differences regarding human beings also fall within the scope of cultural anthropology. This book it discusses the "culture that shapes us" by including the "us that shapes the culture" and draws a two-pronged anthropology framework.