| Description |
xiii, 302 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
General introduction / Tim Ingold -- 1988 debate : Social anthropology is a generalizing science or it is nothing -- Introduction / Tim Ingold. Pt. I. The presentations. For the motion (1) / Keith Hart. Against the motion (1) / Anthony P. Cohen. For the motion (2) / Anthony Good. Against the motion (2) / Judith Okely. Pt. II. The debate -- 1989 debate : The concept of society is theoretically obsolete -- Introduction / Tim Ingold. Pt. I. The presentations. For the motion (1) / Marilyn Strathern. Against the motion (1) / J. D. Y. Peel. For the motion (2) / Christina Toren. Against the motion (2) / Jonathan Spencer. Pt. II. The debate -- 1990 debate: Human worlds are culturally constructed -- Introduction / Roy Ellen. Pt. I. The presentations. For the motion (1) / Wendy James. Against the motion (1) / Tim Ingold. For the motion (2) / Roland Littlewood. Against the motion (2) / Paul Richards. Pt. II. The debate -- 1991 debate: Language is the essence of culture |
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Introduction / Tim Ingold. Pt. I. The presentations. For the motion (1) / David Parkin. Against the motion (1) / Alfred Gell. For the motion (2) / Brian Moeran. Against the motion (2) / James F. Weiner. Pt. II. The debate -- 1992 debate: The past is a foreign country -- Introduction / Tim Ingold. Pt. I. The presentations. For the motion (1) / David Lowenthal. Against the motion (1) / Gillian Feeley-Harnik. For the motion (2) / Penelope Harvey. Against the motion (2) / Susanne Kuchler. Pt. II. The debate -- 1993 debate: Aesthetics is a cross-cultural category -- Introduction / James F. Weiner. Pt. I. The presentations. For the motion (1) / Howard Morphy. Against the motion (1) / Joanna Overing. For the motion (2) / Jeremy Coote. Against the motion (2) / Peter Gow. Pt. II. The debate |
| Summary |
Every year, leading anthropologists meet to debate a motion at the heart of current theoretical developments in their subject, and this book includes the first six of these debates, from 1988 to 1993 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Ethnology -- Methodology.
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Ethnology -- Philosophy.
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| Author |
Ingold, Tim, 1948-
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| LC no. |
96007493 |
| ISBN |
0415150191 (hbk) |
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0415150205 (paperback) |
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