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The advent of heroic anthropology in the history of ideas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
In this article the advent of Lévi-Strauss’s structural anthropology is described as a reaction against the predominantly phenomenological bias of French philosophy in the post-war years as well as against the old humanism of existentialism which seemed
Doja, A.
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Patchy Anthropocene: Landscape Structure, Multispecies History, and the Retooling of Anthropology

open access: yesCurrent Anthropology, 2019
The Anthropocene deserves spatial as well as temporal analysis. “Patchy Anthropocene” is a conceptual tool for noticing landscape structure, with special attention to what we call “modular simplifications” and “feral proliferations.” This introduction ...
A. Tsing, Andrew S. Mathews, N. Bubandt
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Book Review: Body Parts: A Theological Anthropology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Book review of Body Parts: A Theological Anthropology. By Michelle Voss Roberts.
Zubko, Katherine C.
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Eschatological debate on the future of anthropology. Concept of crisis of anthropology in proceedings “The End of Anthropology”

open access: yesEtnoantropološki Problemi, 2015
The paper deals with the current concept of “anthropology in crisis”, based on the collection ofpapers “The End of Anthropology”, dedicated to this particular issue. The positions presented in this book are used as a starting point for further discussion
Suzana Ignjatović
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Struggling over procedures and other interventions: a comment on David Graeber’s “Anthropology and the rise of the professional-managerial class" [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Special section meditation on David Graeber's Anthropology and the rise of the professional-managerial ...
Cowan, Jane K
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Understanding anthropological understanding [PDF]

open access: yesAnthropological Theory, 2009
In this article I argue for a merological anthropology in which ideas of `partiality' and `practical adequacy' provide a way out of the impasse of relativism which is implied by postmodernism and the related abandonment of a concern with `truth'. Ideas such as `aptness' and `faithfulness' enable us to re-establish empirical foundations without having ...
Zeitlyn, D, Zeitlyn, D
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Authenticity, Anthropology and the Sacred [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
This is a postprint (accepted manuscript) version of the article published in Anthropological Quarterly 75:331-38. The final version of the article can be found at http://www.jstor.org/stable/3318264 (BU login required for access).
Lindholm, Charles
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Anthropology for Sale [PDF]

open access: yesEthnos, 2019
This introduction to the Anthropology for Sale special issue makes a case for renewed attention to the selling and salescraft in anthropology. Rather than presume to know in advance what kinds of ethics and interests underpin the moment of sale the contributors to this Special Issue ask how sales work allows people to perform themselves as moral actors.
Cross, Jamie, Heslop, Luke
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INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY

open access: yesAl-Albab, 2013
Anthropology is the study of mankind (anthropos). Etymologically, anthropology comes from the word anthropos meaning man and logos meaning knowledge. Anthropology looks at humans as something complex in terms of physical, emotional, social, and cultural ...
Zaenuddin Hudi Prasojo   +1 more
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