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A powerful critique of both modern and postmodern anthropology

Trade Review
'An exceptionally original book. Argyrou has written one of the most stimulating and intellectually bracing books of anthropological theory in recent years' -- Joel Robbins, University of California, San Diego

Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Of Scholars, Gamblers and Thieves
2. Has There Ever Been a Crisis in Ethnological Representation?
3. The Salvation Intent
4. What the Natives Don’t Know
5. The Ethnological Will to Meaning
References
Index

Anthropology and the Will to Meaning A

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      Publisher: Pluto Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 20/05/2002
      ISBN13: 9780745318592, 978-0745318592
      ISBN10: 0745318592

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A powerful critique of both modern and postmodern anthropology

      Trade Review
      'An exceptionally original book. Argyrou has written one of the most stimulating and intellectually bracing books of anthropological theory in recent years' -- Joel Robbins, University of California, San Diego

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction: Of Scholars, Gamblers and Thieves
      2. Has There Ever Been a Crisis in Ethnological Representation?
      3. The Salvation Intent
      4. What the Natives Don’t Know
      5. The Ethnological Will to Meaning
      References
      Index

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