Comparison in anthropology : the impossible method
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Candea Matei ;
- Editeurs : Cambridge New York, NY Port Melbourne [etc.] Cambridge University Press ;
- Date d'édition : 2019
- ISBN : 978-1-108-47460-3, 1-108-47460-8, 978-1-108-46504-5, 1-108-46504-8
- Sujets : Anthropologie -- Méthodologie, Anthropologie
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xiii-392 p.), : Ill., couv. ill., 23 cm
- Pays de publication : ZZ
- Collection (notice d'ensemble) : New departures in anthropology
Notes
Bibliogr. p. 365-383. Notes bibliogr.. Index
Résumé
'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.'