David Mills

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Difficult Folk?: A Political History of Social AnthropologyHardcover, 1 May 2008

Difficult Folk?: A Political History of Social Anthropology
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Part of Series
Methodology & History in Anthropology
Part of Series
Methodology & History in Anthropology, 19
Part of Series
Methodology and History in Anthropology
Print Length
232 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Date Published
1 May 2008
ISBN-10
1845454502
ISBN-13
9781845454500

Description

How should we tell the histories of academic disciplines? All too often, the political and institutional dimensions of knowledge production are lost beneath the intellectual debates. This book redresses the balance. Written in a narrative style and drawing on archival sources and oral histories, it depicts the complex pattern of personal and administrative relationships that shape scholarly worlds.

Focusing on the field of social anthropology in twentieth-century Britain, this book describes individual, departmental and institutional rivalries over funding and influence. It examines the efforts of scholars such as Bronislaw Malinowski, Edward Evans-Pritchard and Max Gluckman to further their own visions for social anthropology. Did the future lie with the humanities or the social sciences, with addressing social problems or developing scholarly autonomy? This new history situates the discipline's rise within the post-war expansion of British universities and the challenges created by the end of Empire.

Product Details

Author:
David Mills
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
1 May 2008
Dimensions:
22.86 x 15.24 x 1.42 cm
ISBN-10:
1845454502
ISBN-13:
9781845454500
Language:
English
Location:
New York, NY
Pages:
232
Publisher:
Weight:
480.81 gm

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