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The Power of Example is an interdisciplinary examination of the integral role that examples and exemplification play in anthropological theory and practice.

  • Explores the evocative and persuasive power, both positive and negative, of exemplary examples' in social life
  • Includes contributions from established and up-and-coming anthropologists, as well as leading scholars of religious and cultural studies
  • Features an international array of case studies on exemplification from Left radical activists in Denmark to scientific metrological practice in Brazil



Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors
Introduction: the power of example (Lars Højer and Andreas Bandak)

  1. Ritual, value, and example: on the perfection of cultural representations (Joel Robbins)
  2. The burden of being exemplary: national sentiments, awkward witnessing, and womanhood in occupied Palestine (Lotte Buch Segal)
  3. Exemplary series and Christian typology: modelling on sainthood in Damascus (Andreas Bandak)
  4. Double standards: examples and exceptions in scientific metrological practices in Brazil (Antonia Walford)
  5. Revolution is the way you eat: exemplification among left radical activists in Denmark and in anthropology (Stine Krøijer)
  6. The failed image and the possessed: examples of invisibility in visual anthropology and Islam (Christian Suhr)
  7. Paradoxical paradigms: moral reasoning, inspiration, and problems of knowing among Orthodox Christian monastics (Alice Forbess)
  8. How to do things with examples: Sufis, dreams, and anthropology (Amira Mittermaier)
  9. Anthropological tropes and historical tricksters: pilgrimage as an ‘example’ of persuasion (Simon Coleman)
  10. Of figures and types: brokering knowledge and migration in Indonesia and beyond (Johan Lindquist)
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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 03/07/2015
      ISBN13: 9781119118329, 978-1119118329
      ISBN10: 1119118328

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The Power of Example is an interdisciplinary examination of the integral role that examples and exemplification play in anthropological theory and practice.

      • Explores the evocative and persuasive power, both positive and negative, of exemplary examples' in social life
      • Includes contributions from established and up-and-coming anthropologists, as well as leading scholars of religious and cultural studies
      • Features an international array of case studies on exemplification from Left radical activists in Denmark to scientific metrological practice in Brazil



      Table of Contents

      Notes on Contributors
      Introduction: the power of example (Lars Højer and Andreas Bandak)

      1. Ritual, value, and example: on the perfection of cultural representations (Joel Robbins)
      2. The burden of being exemplary: national sentiments, awkward witnessing, and womanhood in occupied Palestine (Lotte Buch Segal)
      3. Exemplary series and Christian typology: modelling on sainthood in Damascus (Andreas Bandak)
      4. Double standards: examples and exceptions in scientific metrological practices in Brazil (Antonia Walford)
      5. Revolution is the way you eat: exemplification among left radical activists in Denmark and in anthropology (Stine Krøijer)
      6. The failed image and the possessed: examples of invisibility in visual anthropology and Islam (Christian Suhr)
      7. Paradoxical paradigms: moral reasoning, inspiration, and problems of knowing among Orthodox Christian monastics (Alice Forbess)
      8. How to do things with examples: Sufis, dreams, and anthropology (Amira Mittermaier)
      9. Anthropological tropes and historical tricksters: pilgrimage as an ‘example’ of persuasion (Simon Coleman)
      10. Of figures and types: brokering knowledge and migration in Indonesia and beyond (Johan Lindquist)
      Index

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