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Existential Anthropology : Events, Exigencies, and Effects /
Inspired by existential thought, but using ethnographic methods, Jackson explores a variety of compelling topics, including 9/11, episodes from the war in Sierra Leone and its aftermath, the marginalization of indigenous Australians, the application of new technologies, mundane forms of ritualizatio...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Berghahn Books,
2005.
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| Edición: | 1st. |
| Colección: | Methodology & History in Anthropology ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Existential Anthropology; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1. THE COURSE OF AN EVENT; Chapter 2. THE SPACE OF APPEARANCES; Chapter 3. VIOLENCE AND INTERSUBJECTIVE REASON; Chapter 4. CUSTOM AND CONFLICT IN SIERRA LEONE:AN ESSAY ON ANARCHY; Chapter 5. WHAT'S IN A NAME? AN ESSAY ON THE POWER OF WORDS; Chapter 6. MUNDANE RITUAL; Chapter 7. BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE CRITIQUE OF GLOBALISATION; Chapter 8. FAMILIAR AND FOREIGN BODIES; Chapter 9. THE PROSE OF SUFFERING; Chapter 10. WHOSE HUMAN RIGHTS?; Chapter 11. EXISTENTIAL IMPERATIVES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.