{"product_id":"starry-nights-critical-structural-realism-in-anthropology-9781785334610","title":"Starry Nights: Critical Structural Realism in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eStarry Nights: Critical Structural Realism in Anthropology\u003c\/em\u003e offers nothing less than a reinventing of the discipline of anthropology. In these six essays – four published here for the first time – Stephen Reyna critiques the postmodern tenets of anthropology, while devising a new strategy for conducting research. Combative and clear, \u003cem\u003eStarry Nights\u003c\/em\u003e provides an important critique of mainstream anthropology as represented by Geertz and the postmodern legacy, and envisions a mode of anthropological research that addresses social, cultural and biological questions with techniques that are theoretically rigorous and practically useful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003eStarry Nights \u003cem\u003eis Reyna’s grand attempt to develop a thoroughly holistic and galactic model that will supplement the theoretical architecture of anthropologists as they explore the modern world and should be required reading in any graduate-level theory course in anthropology.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is an important and timely collection of essays by one of the leading exponents of a scientific, materialist anthropology… I could see the usefulness of this collection in seminars on theory at the graduate and undergraduate level.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• David Sutton\u003c\/strong\u003e, Southern Illinois University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tPreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: EPISTEMOLOGY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Literary Anthropology and the Case against Science\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e What Is Th eory? Something, Time-Being, Art\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: ONTOLOGY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Dialectics of Force: Contradiction, Logics, and Conservation of Délires\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: CRITICAL SCIENCE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Right and Might: Of Approximate Truths and Moral Judgments\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Perpetual Peace? Dreaming in the Time-Being of Empire\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042393194839,"sku":"9781785334610","price":99.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785334610.jpg?v=1750954019","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/starry-nights-critical-structural-realism-in-anthropology-9781785334610","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}