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Shifting Contexts - Transformations in Anthropological Knowledge (Paperback)
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Shifting Contexts - Transformations in Anthropological Knowledge (Paperback)
Series: ASA Decennial Conference Series: The Uses of Knowledge
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To suppose anthropological analysis can shift between global and
local perspectives may well imply that the two co-exist as broader
and narrower horizons or contexts of knowledge. The proof for this
can be found in ethnographic accounts where contrasts are
repeatedly drawn between the encompassing realm and everyday life,
or in value systems which simultaneously trivialize and aggrandize,
or in shifts between what pertains to the general or to the
particular.
"Shifting Contexts" offers an original critique of current Western
thinking: it does not take for granted that "global" and "local"
indicate orders of magnitude or scales of importance. Rather, it
addresses the techniques by which people shift the contexts of
their knowledge and thus endow phenomena with local or global
significance. It is an unusual and original collection of essays by
seven leading anthropologists, in the company of two specialists in
research policy.
This book will appeal to anthropologists and all those working in
areas such as the philosophy of social science, cultural studies
and comparative sociology.
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