Richard Werbner

Anthropology after Gluckman

The Manchester School, colonial and postcolonial transformations

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Produktbeschreibung

This book places the Manchester School in the vanguard of modern social anthropology. Werbner reveals not only the cosmopolitan distinctiveness but also the force of creative difference in the ideas, interdisciplinary approaches, and travelling theories of the intimate circle around Max Gluckman.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 473g
• ISBN-13: 9781526160317
• ISBN-10: 1526160315
• Artikelnr.: 61112093

Autorenporträt

Richard Werbner is Emeritus Professor in African Anthropology and Honorary Professor in Visual Anthropology at the University of Manchester

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 Max Gluckman in South Africa: role model
early leadership 2 Max Gluckman's commitments
projects and legacies 3 Elizabeth Colson: home town anthropologist
systems sceptic 4 Clyde Mitchell and A.L. Epstein: urban perspectives 5 Relational thought
networks
circles 6 Friendship
interlocking directorates
cosmopolitanism 7 A. L. Epstein's enduring argument: The reasonable man and emotion 8 Victor Turner: 'voyage of discovery' 9 The reanalysis of Chihamba the White Spirit 10 Anthropology and the postcolonial Conclusion Bibliography