The Pursuit of Certainty - Religious and Cultural Formulations (Paperback, New)

Although the world population faces movement, mixing and displacement on a larger scale than ever before, the result has not been a collapse of boundaries but an increase in the rise of new forms of ethnic, cultural and religious identity. Those based in the highly developed countries can extend global influence through wealth and sophisticated technology.
The Pursuit of Certainty presents original case studies which explore the effect anthropology's inherited tradition of tolerance and cross-cultural understanding has on the new pursuits of truth. Several chapters focus on the rise of new certainties while others examine notions of diversity providing a critical perspective on the new religious movements and current popular orthodoxies relating to society and culture.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	ASA Decennial Conference Series: The Uses of Knowledge
Release date:	August 1995
First published:	1995
Editors:	Wendy James
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	328
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-10791-4
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General
LSN:	0-415-10791-1
Barcode:	9780415107914

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