| Social Experience and Anthropological Knowledge Contributor(s): Hastrup, Kirsten (Editor), Hervik, Peter (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415106583 ISBN-13: 9780415106580 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1994 Annotation: Tracing the process from the fieldwork to the analysis of results, this book demonstrates how the ethnographer arrives at an understanding not only of culture' and society', but also of the ways in which cultures and societies evolve. This title available in eBook format. Click here for more information. Visit our eBookstore at: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 306.01 |
| LCCN: 93044330 |
| Series: European Association of Social Anthropologists |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.8" W x 7.96" (0.76 lbs) 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Anthropology poses an explicit challenge to standard notions of scientific knowledge. It claims to produce genuine insights into the workings of culture in general on the basis of individual social experience in the field. Social Experience and Anthropological Knowledge traces the process from the ethnographic experience to the analytical results, showing how fieldwork enables the ethnographer to arrive at an understanding, not only of culture' and society', but also of the processes by which cultures and societies are transformed. The contributors challenge the distinction between subjectivity and objectivity, redefine what we should mean by empirical' and demonstrate the complexity of present-day epistemological problems through concrete examples. By demystifying subjectivity in the ethnographic process and re-emphasizing the vital position of fieldwork, they do much to renew confidence in the anthropological project of comprehending the world. |