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Anthropology and the Will to Meaning - A Postcolonial Critique (Paperback)
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Anthropology and the Will to Meaning - A Postcolonial Critique (Paperback)
Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society
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Anthropology, the study of societies and cultures different to our
own, is based on the humanist assumption that difference does not
mean otherness and inferiority. In this book, Vassos Argyrou puts
forward a powerful critique of both modern and postmodern
anthropology that reveals the self-centered logic of
anthropological humanism, offering the controversial conclusion
that the anthropological project is forever doomed to failure. At
the heart of the book is the idea that anthropologists are driven
to produce knowledge not by a desire for power, as it is often
assumed, but a by desire for meaning. Interpretation of Other
societies and cultures allows them to construct an image of a
symbolically unified, ethically ordered and hence meaningful world.
Vassos Argyrou shows this assumption to be untenable because
differentiation and distinction are in the nature of human being.
He further argues that, paradoxically, by trying to uphold
Sameness, anthropologists reproduce, inadvertently but inevitably,
its contrary.
General
Imprint: |
Pluto Press
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Anthropology, Culture and Society |
Release date: |
May 2002 |
First published: |
May 2002 |
Authors: |
Vassos Argyrou
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Dimensions: |
215 x 135 x 7mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
136 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7453-1859-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Sociology, social studies >
Anthropology >
General
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LSN: |
0-7453-1859-2 |
Barcode: |
9780745318592 |
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