Decolonisation, modernisation, globalisation, the crisis of
representation, and the 'cultural turn' in neighbouring disciplines
have unsettled anthropology to such an extent that the field's
foundations, the subjects of its study as well as its methods and
concepts, appear to be eroded. It is now time to take stock and
either abandon anthropology as a fundamentally untenable or
superfluous project, or to set it on more solid foundations. In
this volume some of the world's leading anthropologists - including
Vincent Crapanzano, Maurice Godelier, Ulf Hannerz and Adam Kuper -
do just that. Reflecting on how to meet the manifold institutional,
theoretical, methodological, and epistemological challenges to the
field, as well as on the continued, if not heightened, importance
of anthropology in a world where diversity and cultural difference
are becoming ever more important economically, politically, and
legally, they set upon the task of reconstructing anthropology's
foundations and firming up its stance vis-a-vis these challenges.
'With a backward glance at earlier predictions of the demise of
anthropology, the essays present a confident account of the future
of the discipline. Defining in clear terms what it is that
anthropologists do, a well-chosen group of distinguished
contributors confront the diversity and internal distinctions that
characterize the field, weigh the seriousness of the trend toward
interdisciplinary studies in the human sciences, and redefine the
strengths of the anthropological mode of knowledge production'.
(Shirley Lindenbaum, Professor Emerita, City University of New
York)
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