Henrietta L. Moore

Anthropological Theory Today

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This important book makes a bold statement about the nature and value of anthropological theory at the beginning of the 21st century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
• 1999.
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2000
• Deutsch, Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 460g
• ISBN-13: 9780745620237
• ISBN-10: 074562023X
• Artikelnr.: 14842674

Autorenporträt

Henrietta Moore is Professor of Social Anthropology and Director of the Gender Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Inhaltsangabe

The Contributors.

1. Anthropological Theory at the Turn of the Century. (HenriettaL. Moore).

2. From Private Virtue to Public Vice. (James G. Carrier andDaniel Miller).

3. Clash of Civilizations of Asian Liberalism?:An Anthropologyof the State and Citizenship. (Aihwa Ong).

4. The Economies of Violence and the Violence of Economies.(Catherine Lutz and Donald Nonini).

5. Toward an Ethics of the Open Subject: Writing Culture in GoodConscience. (Debbora Battagli).

6. Whatever Happened to Women and Men: Gender and other Crisesin Anthropology. (Henrietta L. Moore).

7. The Body's Career in Anthropology. (Thomas J. Csordas).

8. Human Cognition and Cultural Evolution. Pascal Boyer.

9. Psychoanalysis and Anthropology: On the Temporality ofAnalysis. (James Weiner).

10. Becoming Undisciplined: Anthropology and Cultural Studies.(Nicholas Thomas).

Index.

Rezensionen

'Thoroughly engaging, provocative, and forward-reaching,Anthropological Theory Today is a testament to the vigor,diversity, and critical purchase of anthropological theorizing atthe late modern end of our century. This is a major andscintillating collection of fresh theoretical contributions -previously unpublished - by an innovative group of anthropology'simportant scholars. We owe a major debt to Henrietta Moore forhaving conceptualized this important volume and for introducing itso productively.' Bruce Knauft, Department of Anthropology,Emory University

'Leading members of the younger generation of anthropologistsengage with confidence and passion topics ranging from ideologiesof economics, liberalism and military violence to gender, body,self and mind. Readers will find much to learn from and much todebate within these smart, substantial essays that illustrate theethical and intellectual excitement, range and complexity ofcontemporary inquiry.' Michael Lambek, Department ofAnthropology, University of Toronto

"Moore sees anthropology as a debate as well as a set ofpractices ... The papers in Anthropological Theory Today areappealing [and] stimulating ... I recommend the book highly topracticing anthropologists and graduate students."Anthropos

'[Individual chapters] ... offer not only fresh ethnography,recent theorizing and good, occasionally sparkling analyticalpoints; but they also reveal the new identity of a discipline thathas successfully passed through the tunnel of postmodernism andemerged on the other side.' Ethnos

'There is much to consider in Moore's substantial Introductionas she presents her view of fundamental questions regardinganthropology and theory and as she introduces the nine papers atsome depth.' Journal of Anthropological Research

" All the chapters in the book are interesting, One strength ofthis collection lies in the fact that every chapter indicates whatits author/s regard/s as cutting-edge research, as well as notingany gaps in their respective sub-fields. This could be helpful newresearchers such as postgraduate students. Another of its strengthslies in the bibliographies provided by the various contributingauthors. These appear to be quite comprehensive so that if aparticular chapter or sub-field appeals there is a wealth ofreading to undertake." Journal of InterculturalStudies