Evaluating the Scholarly Achievement of Professor Elvi Whittaker : Essays in Philosophical Anthropology.

This interdisciplinary anthology examines the relation between fieldwork, knowledge, values and regional identities from a wide range of angles and perspectives. It contains 12 essays that discuss and develop understandings of the relationship between metaphysics and ethics.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Loewen, G. V.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.
Temas:
Whittaker, Elvi W.
Anthropology > Philosophy.
Anthropologie > Philosophie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Anthropology > Philosophy
Anthropology.
Social Sciences.
Anthropology - General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • EVALUATING THE SCHOLARLY ACHIEVEMENT OF PROFESSOR ELVI WHITTAKER: Essays in Philosophical Anthropology; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction: Intellect and Conscience in the Human Sciences; Section I: Ethnography; Chapter 2: Meeting Strangers: The Rules of Engagement; Chapter 3: Wilderness Journeys and Thinking with Anthropology; Chapter 4: Through a Forest Darkly: (Un)Homely Stories in Bone and Ink and Potter's Clay; Chapter 5: Passing Words and Lasting Contact:The Struggles of Tourism and the Meanings of Encounter; Section II: Epistemology
  • Chapter 6: Anthropology is Good to Think WithChapter 7: Interpretation in Anthropology: The State of the UBC Department at the Height of Elvi Whittaker's Influence; Chapter 8: The Partial Truth of Dominant Social Locations: Parsing Out Ideology from Situated Knowledge(s); Chapter 9: The Evaluated; Section III: Ethics; Chapter 10: Reflexive Anthropology and Research Ethics: Elvi Whittaker's Contributions; Chapter 11: Tuberculosis and the Ethics of Global Health Care; Chapter 12: Ethical Fieldwork in Unethical Fields; References

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