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In the second edition of the textbook the basic provisions of social anthropology are taught, the place of anthropology in the system of sciences is shown, Theoretical and methodological foundations and sources of social anthropology, theories of human behaviour, racial and social genesis, behaviour of language, art and culture are revealed; information is given on social animal societies, biological societies, as well as on the genesis of traditional (agrarian) societies; long-standing and current views on the development of typology of societies, futurological concepts of the future of human civilisation, as well as current views on the social and anthropological past of Ukrainian lands. Each topic is accompanied by a set of key understandings, control questions, and tasks for self-study. The text of the textbook also contains supplements, a package of test tasks, a general summarising task, a vocabulary of personnel and terms and a list of recommended literature.

The manual is designed for students, graduate students, postgraduates, postgraduates and proclaimers of universities of all specialities, as well as those who are interested in the problems of the current science of man and society.