Anthropology's philosophy : how anthropology makes concepts its own / Nigel Rapport, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rapport, Nigel, 1956- editor.

Series:

Palgrave studies in literary anthropology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anthropology--Philosophy.

Anthropology.

Physical Description:

xvii, 368 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, an imprint of Springer Nature Switzerland, [2025]

Summary:

"This book focuses on anthropology's ambition for comprehensiveness and its interdisciplinary nature. It consists of concise essays, each around 2,500 words, in which contributors examine how concepts traditionally linked to philosophy or other disciplines are interpreted and applied within anthropology. Each contributor selects a personally inspiring concept and illustrates its relevance to anthropology, showcasing how it takes on new meaning within an anthropological framework. These essays vary in style and content, allowing contributors to discuss the history of the concept's usage, provide an ethnographic illustration of the concept, or offer an analytical, comparative or theoretical exposition of the concept as deployed anthropologically. A common theme across all entries is the exploration of anthropological disciplinarity -- or 'anti-disciplinarity' - highlighting its intellectual flexibility and genre-blurring practices, in an effort to approach that expansiveness necessary to do justice to the complexity of human existence."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9783031838187

3031838181

OCLC:

1481602052

Publisher Number:

90103137882

CIPO000209675