A Passage to Anthropology: Between Experience and Theory

by Kirsten Hastrup

Overview

The postmodernist critique of Objectivism, Realism and Essentialism has somewhat shattered the foundations of anthropology, seriously questioning the legitimacy of studying others. By confronting the critique and turning it into a vital part of the anthropological debate, A Passage to Anthropology provides a rigorous discussion of central theoretical problems in anthropology that will find a readership in the social sciences and the humanities. It makes the case for a renewed and invigorated scholarly anthropology with extensive reference to recent anthropological debates in Europe and the US, as well as to new developments in linguistic theory and, especially, newer American philosophy.
Although the style of the work is mainly theoretical, the author illustrates the points by referring to her own fieldwork conducted in Iceland. A Passage to Anthropology will be of interest to students in anthropology, sociology and cultural studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135100711
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/15/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	232
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Kirsten Hastrup is Professor of Anthropology at the Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Table of Contents

Prologue; Part 1 The Ethnographic Present; Part 2 The Language Paradox; Part 3 The Empirical Foundation; Part 4 The Anthropological Imagination; Part 5 The Motivated Body; Part 6 The Inarticulate Mind; Part 7 The Symbolic Violence; Part 8 The Native Voice; Part 9 The Realist Quest; Part 10 Epilogue;

Editorial Reviews

'Hastrup's book is fascinating a highly interesting account of the state of anthropological theorizing after the post-modernist attack on the empirical foundations of the subject.' - Michael Bollig, Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, 124(1999)

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