ISBN:
9781108667609
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 392 Seiten)
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Series Statement:
New departures in anthropology
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
930.1
Keywords:
Ethnomethodologie
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Sozialanthropologie
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Vergleich
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Kulturanthropologie
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Anthropology / Comparative method
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Anthropology / Methodology
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Anthropology / Methodology
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Kulturanthropologie
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Sozialanthropologie
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Ethnomethodologie
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Vergleich
Abstract:
"Anthropologists today use comparisons to describe and to explain, to generalise and to challenge generalisations, to critique and to create new concepts. In this multiplicity of often contradictory aims lie both the key challenge of anthropological comparison, and also its key strength. Matei Candea maps a path through that entangled conversation, providing a ground-up reassessment of the key conceptual issues at the heart of any form of anthropological comparison, whilst creating a bold charter for reconsidering the value of comparison in anthropology and beyond"--
DOI:
10.1017/9781108667609
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108667609
