The Future of Anthropological Knowledge / Edition 1

by Henrietta Moore

Overview

The Future of Anthropological Knowledge the chapters explore the question of the nature of social knowledge from a variety of perspectives and locations such as China, Africa, the USA and elsewhere. By examining the changing nature of anthropological knowledge and of the production of that knowledge, this book challenges the notion that only western societies have produced social theories of modernity and of global scope. Knowledge of society can no longer be restricted to a knowledge of face-to-face social relations but must encompass the effect of technology, global consumption patterns and changing geo-political configurations. The Future of Anthropological Knowledge will be of interest to anthropologists and students of culture and society.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415107860
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/14/1996
Series:	ASA Decennial Conference Series: The Uses of Knowledge
Pages:	190
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

1 The Changing Nature of Anthropological Knowledge: An Introduction, Henrietta Moore 2 Interpreting Electron Micrographs, Emily Martin 3 Globalization and Localization: New Challenges to Rural Research 4 Anthropology, China, and the Modernities: The Geopolitics of Cultural Knowledge, Aihwa Ong 5 Traceling Theory, Anthropology, and the Discourse of Modernity in China, Mayfair Yang 6 Anthropology without Tears: How a ‘Local' Sees the ‘Local' and the ‘Global', Wazir Jahan Karim 7 Chimpanzees, Diamonds and war: Debating Local-Global Interaction on the Liberia-Sierra Leone Border, Paul Richards Afterwards, Peter Harries-Jones

Editorial Reviews

Contains seven contributions by academic anthropologists addressing the nature and purpose of social knowledge, taking into account recent work by third world, black, and feminist scholars. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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