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Minima Ethnographica (Paperback, New edition)
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Minima Ethnographica (Paperback, New edition)
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The postmodern opposition between theory and lived reality has led
in part to an anthropological turn to "dialogic" or "reflexive"
approaches. Michael Jackson claims these approaches are hardly
radical as they still drift into such abstractions as "society" or
"culture." His "Minima Ethnographica" proposes an existential
anthropology that recognizes even abstract relationships as
modalities of interpersonal life.
Written in the style of Theodor Adorno's "Minima Moralia,"
Jackson's work shows how general ideas are always anchored in
particular social events and critical concerns. Emphasizing the
intersubjective encounter over objective descriptions of the whole
historical and contemporary situation of a given people, he
illustrates the power and originality of existential anthropology
through a series of vignettes from his fieldwork in Sierra Leone
and Australia. An award-winning poet, novelist, and anthropologist,
Jackson offers a timely critique of conventions that dull our sense
of the links between academic study and lived experience.
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