Overview
- First anthology to assess the "ontological turn" in anthropology
- Brings together a range of empirical contexts spanning India, Brazil, Norway, Peru, Indonesia, and the Philippines
- Features distinguished scholars in the field of social anthropology
Part of the book series: Approaches to Social Inequality and Difference (ATSIAD)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Vistas
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Materialities
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Politics
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Back Matter
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Reviews
“‘The ontological turn’ has been celebrated as a Copernican revolution and a full realisation of the critical potentials of anthropology, but it is simultaneously being dismissed as a kind of ahistorical, misguided, self-defeating narcissism. This excellent volume is something of a landmark in that it avoids polarisation in its nuanced discussions of the possible implications of ‘ontology’ for anthropology, encouraging their readers to expand their intellectual horizons rather than patrolling the borders.” (Thomas Hylland Eriksen, University of Oslo, Norway)
“This volume is, as it were, an ‘ontology of the ontological turn’ in a time when we are discussing what, indeed, ontology offers anthropology: is it a methodology, a heuristics, a theory, a philosophy—everything, or actually none of the above? Bertelsen and Bendixsen tackle this issue head on, choosing one specific angle: the classic, foundational concepts of alterity and difference and perform a grounded discussion of some of the main protagonists of the turn.” (Ruy Llera Blanes, Institute of Heritage Sciences, Spain)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Synnøve Bendixsen is Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen, Norway, and Head of International Migration and Ethnic Relations at Uni Research Rokkansenteret, Norway.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Critical Anthropological Engagements in Human Alterity and Difference
Editors: Bjørn Enge Bertelsen, Synnøve Bendixsen
Series Title: Approaches to Social Inequality and Difference
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40475-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-40474-5Published: 12 January 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82112-2Published: 28 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-40475-2Published: 03 January 2017
Series ISSN: 2946-305X
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3068
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 312
Topics: Social Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Cultural Anthropology