From anthropology to social theory : rethinking the social sciences
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Szakolczai Árpád (1958-....) ; Thomassen Bjørn ;
- Editeurs : Cambridge New York, NY Port Melbourne [etc.] Cambridge University Press ;
- Date d'édition : 2019
- ISBN : 978-1-108-42380-9, 978-1-108-43838-4
- Sujets : Philosophie sociale, Anthropologie
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 vol. (v- 289 p.), : Couv. ill., 23 cm
- Pays de publication : ZZ
Notes
Notes bibliogr. en bas de page. Bibliogr. p. 261-278. Index
Résumé
'Presenting a ground-breaking revitalization of contemporary social theory, this book revisits the rise of the modern world to reopen the dialogue between anthropology and sociology. Using concepts developed by a series of 'maverick' anthropologists who were systematically marginalised as their ideas fell outside the standard academic canon, such as Arnold van Gennep, Marcel Mauss, Paul Radin, Lucien Levy-Bruhl and Gregory Bateson, the authors argue that such concepts are necessary for understanding better the rise and dynamics of the modern world, including the development of the social sciences, in particular sociology and anthropology. Concepts discussed include liminality, imitation, schismogenesis and trickster, which provide an anthropological 'toolkit' for readers to develop innovative understandings of the underlying power mechanisms of globalized modernity. Aimed at graduate students and researchers, the book is clearly structured. Part I introduces the 'maverick' anthropologists, while Part II applies the maverick-tool-kit to revisit the history of sociological thought and the question of modernity.'