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Out of the Study and Into the Field - Ethnographic Theory and Practice in French Anthropology (Hardcover)
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Out of the Study and Into the Field - Ethnographic Theory and Practice in French Anthropology (Hardcover)
Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology
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Outside France, French anthropology is conventionally seen as being
dominated by grand theory produced by writers who have done little
or no fieldwork themselves, and who may not even count as
anthropologists in terms of the institutional structures of French
academia. This applies to figures from Durkheim to Derrida, Mauss
to Foucault, though there are partial exceptions, such as
Levi-Strauss and Bourdieu. It has led to a contrast being made,
especially perhaps in the Anglo-Saxon world, between French theory
relying on rational inference, and British empiricism based on
induction and generally skeptical of theory. While there are
contrasts between the two traditions, this is essentially a false
view. It is this aspect of French anthropology that this collection
addresses, in the belief that the neglect of many of these figures
outside France is seriously distorting our view of the French
tradition of anthropology overall. At the same time, the collection
will provide a positive view of the French tradition of
ethnography, stressing its combination of technical competence and
the sympathies of its practitioners for its various ethnographic
subjects.
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