انسان‌شناسی فراتر از فرهنگ (سری سمپوزیوم‌های بین‌المللی وِنر-گرن)

Culture is a vexed concept within anthropology. From their earliest studies, anthropologists have often noted the emotional attachment of people to their customs, even in cases where this loyalty can make for problems. Do anthropologists now suffer the same kind of disability with respect to their continuing emotional attachment to the concept of culture? This book considers the state of the culture concept in anthropology and finds fault with a ‘love it or leave it’ attitude. Rather than pledging undying allegiance or summarily dismissing it, the volume argues that anthropology can continue with or without a concept of culture, depending on the research questions being asked, and, furthermore, that when culture is retained, no single definition of it is practical or necessary. Offering sensible solutions to a topic of hot debate, this book will be essential reading for anyone seeking to learn what a concept of culture can offer anthropology, and what anthropology can offer the concept of culture.

Culture is a vexed concept within anthropology. From their earliest studies, anthropologists have often noted the emotional attachment of people to their customs, even in cases where this loyalty can make for problems. Do anthropologists now suffer the same kind of disability with respect to their continuing emotional attachment to the concept of culture?

This book considers the state of the culture concept in anthropology and finds fault with a ‘love it or leave it’ attitude. Rather than pledging undying allegiance or summarily dismissing it, the volume argues that anthropology can continue with or without a concept of culture, depending on the research questions being asked, and, furthermore, that when culture is retained, no single definition of it is practical or necessary.

Offering sensible solutions to a topic of hot debate, this book will be essential reading for anyone seeking to learn what a concept of culture can offer anthropology, and what anthropology can offer the concept of culture.

Preliminaries......Page 1 Contents......Page 7 Acknowledgments......Page 9 List of Figures......Page 11 Participants at the 2000 Wenner Gren Symposium......Page 13 Sydel Silverman......Page 15 Richard G Fox and Barbara J King......Page 21 Fredrik Barth......Page 43 Michel Rolph Trouillot......Page 57 Yoshinobu Ota......Page 81 Barbara J King......Page 103 Stuart Shanker......Page 145 Penelope Brown......Page 189 William H Durham......Page 213 Richard A Wilson......Page 229 Xavier Andrade......Page 255 Christopher M Hann......Page 279 References......Page 297 Index......Page 327 This book considers the state of the culture concept in anthropology and finds fault with a 'love it or leave it' attitude. Rather than pledging undying allegiance or summarily dismissing it, the volume argues that anthropology can continue with or without a concept of culture, depending on the research questions being asked, and, furthermore, that when culture is retained, no single definition of it is practical or necessary. [publisher]