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Against Exoticism: Toward the Transcendence of Relativism and Universalism in Anthropology
Bruce Kapferer (Ed.)
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Paperback. This volume confronts the distortions of orientalism, ethnocentrism, and romantic nostalgia to expose exoticism, defined as the construction of false and unsubstantiated difference. Its aim is to re-found the importance of the exotic in the development of anthropological knowledge and to overcome methodological dualisms and dualistic approaches. Editor(s): Kapferer, Bruce; Theodossopoulos, Dimitrios. Num Pages: 174 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
Anthropology begins in the encounter with the 'exotic': what stands outside of-and challenges-conventional or established understandings. This volume confronts the distortions of orientalism, ethnocentrism, and romantic nostalgia to expose exoticism, defined as the construction of false and unsubstantiated difference. Its aim is to re-found the importance of the exotic in the development of anthropological knowledge and to overcome methodological dualisms and dualistic approaches.
Anthropology begins in the encounter with the 'exotic': what stands outside of-and challenges-conventional or established understandings. This volume confronts the distortions of orientalism, ethnocentrism, and romantic nostalgia to expose exoticism, defined as the construction of false and unsubstantiated difference. Its aim is to re-found the importance of the exotic in the development of anthropological knowledge and to overcome methodological dualisms and dualistic approaches.
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
235g
Number of Pages
154
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785333705
SKU
V9781785333705
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About Bruce Kapferer (Ed.)
Bruce Kapferer is Director of an ERC Advanced Grant on Egalitarianism at the University of Bergen. He was the Foundation Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Adelaide and later James Cook University. He was the Professor and Chair of Anthropology at University College London, where he is now also Honorary Professor. Dimitrios Theodossopoulos is Professor of Social Anthropology ... Read more
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