| Time and the Work of Anthropology: Critical Essays 1971-1981 Contributor(s): Fabian, Johanne (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138157236 ISBN-13: 9781138157231 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $178.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 301.01 |
| Series: Studies in Anthropology and History |
| Physical Information: 318 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The development of the dialogical approach, the autobiographical perspective and the central role of text-interpretation are all seen as characteristics of post-modern ethnography, arising from the daily chores of field research. The breakthrough into time and history, away from the timeless theorizing of structuralism and functionalism, is seen as inevitable when anthropology is forced to think about its own epistemology. Another current concern is taken up with reflections on the politics of representing the other. In the later essays, he opposes post-modern fashions and re-asserts the need to continue with a truly critical agenda. |