Written by eleven leading anthropologists from around the world, this volume extends the insights of Fredrik Barth, one of the most important anthropologists of the twentieth century, to push even further at the frontiers of anthropology and honor his memory. As a collection, the chapters thus expand Barth's pioneering work on values, further develop his insights on human agency and its potential creativity, as well as continuing to develop the relevance for his work as a way of thinking about and beyond the state. The work is grounded on his insistence that theory should grow only from observed life.…mehr
Written by eleven leading anthropologists from around the world, this volume extends the insights of Fredrik Barth, one of the most important anthropologists of the twentieth century, to push even further at the frontiers of anthropology and honor his memory. As a collection, the chapters thus expand Barth's pioneering work on values, further develop his insights on human agency and its potential creativity, as well as continuing to develop the relevance for his work as a way of thinking about and beyond the state. The work is grounded on his insistence that theory should grow only from observed life.
Robert P. Weller is Professor of Anthropology at Boston University. Most of his work concentrates on Chinese societies in a comparative context, frequently with a focus on the problem of religious meaning and authority. His most recent book is How Things Count as the Same: Memory, Mimesis, and Metaphor, co-authored with Adam Seligman (Oxford, 2019). He is currently working on urbanization and religious change.
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List of Figures Introduction Robert P. Weller and Keping Wu Chapter 1. Humility First: Fredrik Barth in His Own Words - and Mine Unni Wikan Chapter 2. Transacting Knowledge and Value: Fredrik Barth and the Tactics of Mutual Incomprehension Michael Herzfeld Chapter 3. Cosmologies in the Remaking: Variation and Time in Chinese Temple Religion Robert P. Weller Chapter 4. Building Infrastructure and Making Boundaries in Southwest China Keping Wu Chapter 5. On Nomads of South Persia Thomas Barfield Chapter 6. The Language of Trust and Betrayal Gunnar Haaland Chapter 7. Khan and Sufi: Two Types of Authority in Swat, Northern Pakistan Charles Lindholm Chapter 8. Values and the Value of Secrecy: Barthian Reflections on Values and the Nature of Mountain Ok Social Process Joel Robbins Chapter 9. Paradigm Change in Chinese Ethnology and Fredrik Barth's Influence Ke Fan Chapter 10. An Overall Generative Approach: Fredrik Barth's Contribution to Anthropological Research and Writing Chee-Beng Tan Afterword: A Rooted Cosmopolitan Remembered Ulf Hannerz Index
List of Figures Introduction Robert P. Weller and Keping Wu Chapter 1. Humility First: Fredrik Barth in His Own Words - and Mine Unni Wikan Chapter 2. Transacting Knowledge and Value: Fredrik Barth and the Tactics of Mutual Incomprehension Michael Herzfeld Chapter 3. Cosmologies in the Remaking: Variation and Time in Chinese Temple Religion Robert P. Weller Chapter 4. Building Infrastructure and Making Boundaries in Southwest China Keping Wu Chapter 5. On Nomads of South Persia Thomas Barfield Chapter 6. The Language of Trust and Betrayal Gunnar Haaland Chapter 7. Khan and Sufi: Two Types of Authority in Swat, Northern Pakistan Charles Lindholm Chapter 8. Values and the Value of Secrecy: Barthian Reflections on Values and the Nature of Mountain Ok Social Process Joel Robbins Chapter 9. Paradigm Change in Chinese Ethnology and Fredrik Barth's Influence Ke Fan Chapter 10. An Overall Generative Approach: Fredrik Barth's Contribution to Anthropological Research and Writing Chee-Beng Tan Afterword: A Rooted Cosmopolitan Remembered Ulf Hannerz Index
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