{"product_id":"the-problem-of-context-perspectives-from-social-anthropology-and-elsewhere-9781571817730","title":"The Problem of Context: Perspectives from Social","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThe apparently simple notion that it is contextualization and invocation of context that give form to our interpretations raises important questions about context definition. Moreover, different disciplines involved in the elucidation and interpretation of meanings construe context indifferent ways. How do these ways differ? And what analytical strategies are adopted in order to suggest that the relevant context is \"self-evident\"? The notion of context has received less attention than is due such a central, key concept in social anthropology, as well as in other related disciplines.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tThis collection of contributions from a group of leading social anthropologists and anthropological linguists addresses the question of how the idea of context is constructed, invoked, and deployed in the interpretations put forward by social anthropologists. The ethnographic focus embraces peoples from regions such as Bali, Europe, Malawi, and Zaire. Primarily theoretical in its aims, the work also draws on expertise from anthropological linguistics and philosophy in order to set the issue as much in a comparative disciplinary perspective as in a comparative cross-cultural one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"... an interesting book to satisfy both specialists and those with an interest in particular contributions.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"Dilley's introduction offers a lengthy review of the literature on context and should be required reading for anyone interested in this problem. The volume is a welcome addition to the literature and will be useful especially to scholars of ritual studies.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · Religious Studies Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"... a useful handbook for a field very much in need of attention.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · SIGNS - Journal of Women in Culture and Society\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tPreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Problem of Context\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRoy Dilley\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eContextualisation and Paradigm Shifts\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLadislav Holy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eContext, the Ghost in the Machine\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSándor G.J. Hervey\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e New Paradigm Thinking in Linguistics: Meaning is the Context\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eElzbieta Tabakowska\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003eEthnographic Misunderstanding and the Perils of Context\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJohannes Fabian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003eAs They Like It: Overinterpretation and Hyporeality in Bali\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMark Hobart\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003eContext and Interpretation: Reflections on Nyau Rituals in Malawi\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBrian Morris\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Holistic Individual: Context as Political Process in the New Age Movement\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRuth Prince and David Riches\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8. \u003c\/strong\u003eContext as an Act of Personal Externalisation: Gregory Bateson and the Harvey Family in the English Village of Wanet\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eNigel Rapport\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9. \u003c\/strong\u003eCulture and Context: The Effects of Visibility\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePenelope Harvey\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041429422423,"sku":"9781571817730","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781571817730.jpg?v=1750950245","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-problem-of-context-perspectives-from-social-anthropology-and-elsewhere-9781571817730","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}