Anthropology ought to have changed the world. What went wrong?
Engaging Anthropology takes an unflinching look at why the
discipline has not gained the popularity and respect it deserves in
the twenty-first century. From identity to multicultural society,
new technologies to work, globalization to marginalization,
anthropology has a vital contribution to make.While showcasing the
intellectual power of the discipline, Eriksen takes the
anthropological community to task for its unwillingness to engage
more proactively with the media in a wide range of current debates.
If anthropology matters as a key tool with which to understand
modern society beyond the ivory towers of academia, why are so few
anthropologists willing to come forward in times of national or
global crisis? Eriksen argues that anthropology needs to rediscover
the art of narrative and abandon arid analysis and, more
provocatively, anthropologists need to lose their fear of plunging
into the vexed issues modern societies present. Engaging
Anthropology makes an impassioned plea for positioning anthropology
as the universal intellectual discipline. Eriksen has provided the
wake-up call we were all awaiting.
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