{"product_id":"experiments-in-holism-9781444333237","title":"Experiments in Holism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExperiments in Holism\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eExperiments in Holism: Theory and Practice in Contemporary Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e presents a series of essays that critically examine the ongoing relevance of holism and its theoretical and methodological potential in today's world. Contributions from a diverse collection of leading anthropologists reveal how recent critiques of the holistic approach have not led to its wholesale rejection, but rather to a panoply of experiments that critically reassess and reemploy holism. The essays focus on aspects of holism including its utilization in current ethnographic research, holistic considerations in cultural anthropology, the French structuralist tradition, the predominantly English tradition of social anthropology, and many others. Collectively, the essays show how holism is simultaneously central to, and problematically a part of, the theory and practice of anthropology. \u003ci\u003eExperiments in Holism\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how contemporary attempts to rescale and retool ant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Anthropology and the Predicaments of Holism 1 \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNils Bubandt and Ton Otto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1 Rethinking Holism in Ethnographic Practice 17\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Beyond the Whole in Ethnographic Practice? Introduction to Part 1 19 \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTon Otto and Nils Bubandt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Holism and the Expectations of Critique in Post-1980s Anthropology: Notes and Queries in Three Acts and an  Epilogue 28 \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge E. Marcus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Worlding the Matsutake Diaspora: Or, Can Actor–Network Theory Experiment With Holism? 47 \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnna Tsing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Whole Beyond Holism: Gambling, Divination, and Ethnography in Cuba 67 \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartin Holbraad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2 Beyond Cultural Wholes? Wholes are Parts, and Parts are Wholes 87\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Beyond Cultural Wholes? Introduction to Part 2 89 \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTon Otto and Nils Bubandt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The Whole is a Part: Intercultural Politics of Order and Change 102 \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarshall Sahlins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Lingual and Cultural Wholes and Fields 127 \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlan Rumsey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Deep Wholes: Fractal Holography in Trobriand Agency and Culture 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Mosko\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3 Beyond Structural Wholes? Encompassment, Collectives, and Global Systems 175\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Beyond Structural Wholes? Introduction to Part 3 177 \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNils Bubandt and Ton Otto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Louis Dumont and a Holist Anthropology 187 \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBruce Kapferer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. From Wholes to Collectives: Steps to an Ontology of Social Forms 209 \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilippe Descola\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Holism and the Transformation of the Contemporary Global Order 227 \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJonathan Friedman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 4 Beyond Social Wholes? Holistic Practice: Cosmology, History, and the Continuity of Life 249\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Beyond Social Wholes? Introduction to Part 4 251 \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNils Bubandt and Ton Otto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Proportional Holism: Joking the Cosmos Into the Right Shape in North Asia 262 \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRane Willerslev and Morten Axel Pedersen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. One Past and Many Pasts: Varieties of Historical Holism in Melanesia and the West 279 \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEric Hirsch and Daniele Moretti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Drawing Together: Materials, Gestures, Lines 299 \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTim Ingold\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 314\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49530085474647,"sku":"9781444333237","price":92.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781444333237.jpg?v=1731878013","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/experiments-in-holism-9781444333237","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}