This second edition of the widely praised Anthropology in
Theory: Issues in Epistemology, features a variety of updates,
revisions, and new readings in its comprehensive presentation of
issues in the history of anthropological theory and epistemology
over the past century.
* Provides a comprehensive selection of 60 readings and an
insightful overview of the evolution of anthropological theory
* Revised and updated to reflect an on-going strength and
diversity of the discipline in recent years, with new readings
pointing to innovative directions in the development of
anthropological research
* Identifies crucial concepts that reflect the practice of
engaging with theory, particular ways of thinking, analyzing and
reflecting that are unique to anthropology
* Includes excerpts of seminal anthropological works, key classic
and contemporary debates in the discipline, and cutting-edge new
theorizing
* Reveals broader debates in the social sciences, including
the relationship between society and culture; language and cultural
meanings; structure and agency; identities and technologies;
subjectivities and trans-locality; and meta-theory, ontology and
epistemology
Про автора
Henrietta L. Moore is the William Wyse Chair of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. Her most recent book is Still Life: Hopes, Desires and Satisfactions (2011).
Todd Sanders is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto, and has worked in Africa for two decades. His books include Those Who Play with Fire: Gender, Fertility and Transformation in East and Southern Africa (2004) and Beyond Bodies: Rainmaking and Sense Making in Tanzania (2008).
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