Changing Fields of Anthropology :: From Local to Global.

This book explores major shifts and reorientations in the recent history of American Anthropology, reflecting the author's vision of what anthropology is and what it has the potential to become. The book engages three fundamental intellectual-political challenges that American anthropology is d...

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1. Verfasser: Kearney, Michael
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2004.
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Zusammenfassung:This book explores major shifts and reorientations in the recent history of American Anthropology, reflecting the author's vision of what anthropology is and what it has the potential to become. The book engages three fundamental intellectual-political challenges that American anthropology is destined to confront (or at its peril, avoid): becoming more self-reflexive, achieving theoretical and methodological holism, and defense of universal human rights.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (380 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780742572881
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9781299788916