Anthropology in theory : issues in epistemology

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Title:

Author:

Moore, Henrietta L., 1957-

ISBN:

9780470673355

Edition:

Second edition.

Publication Information:

Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley Blackwell, 2014.

Physical Description:

xx, 591 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Contents:

Culture and behavior -- Structure and system -- Function and environment -- Methods and objects -- Meanings as objects of study -- Language and method -- Cognition, psychology, and neuroanthropology -- Bodies of knowledges -- Coherence and contingency -- Universalisms and domain terms -- Perspectives and their logics -- Objectivity, morality, and truth -- The anthropology of western modes of thought -- (Re)defining objects of inquiry -- Subjects, objects, and affect -- Imagining methodologies and meta-things -- Anthropologizing ourselves.

Subject Term:

Anthropology.

Social epistemology.

Added Author:

Moore, Henrietta L., 1957-

Sanders, Todd, 1965-

Electronic Access:

Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1410/2013388747-b.html
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1410/2013388747-d.html
Table of contents only http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1410/2013388747-t.html

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Summary

This second edition of the widely praised Anthropology in Theory: Issues in Epistemology , features a variety of updates, revisions, and new readings in its comprehensive presentation of issues in the history of anthropological theory and epistemology over the past century.

Provides a comprehensive selection of 60 readings and an insightful overview of the evolution of anthropological theory Revised and updated to reflect an on-going strength and diversity of the discipline in recent years, with new readings pointing to innovative directions in the development of anthropological research Identifies crucial concepts that reflect the practice of engaging with theory, particular ways of thinking, analyzing and reflecting that are unique to anthropology Includes excerpts of seminal anthropological works, key classic and contemporary debates in the discipline, and cutting-edge new theorizing Reveals broader debates in the social sciences, including the relationship between society and culture; language and cultural meanings; structure and agency; identities and technologies; subjectivities and trans-locality; and meta-theory, ontology and epistemology