{"product_id":"the-voice-of-prophecy-and-other-essays-9781785337697","title":"The Voice of Prophecy: And Other Essays","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tEdwin Ardener - a new expanded edition of the collected works of one of the most important social anthroplogists in Britian of his time. Ardener worked on social, economic, demographic and political problems, and was particularly influential in his sustained effort to bring together social anthropology and linguistics in a highly original attempt to reconcile scientific and humanistic approaches to the study of society. This volume offers a theoretically and conceptually coherent body of work by this innovative and profound thinker, which will continue to excite and stimulate new generations of students and researchers as it has in the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Ardener is the Czerny of anthropology, concerned with technical training, with how to think productively within the discipline. He should be read above all by postgraduates and postdoctoral researchers, whose formation is not yet ‘completed.’…As exercises to form the anthropological mind, these papers are both unique and irreplaceable.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JRAI)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The later generations of social anthropologists have been struggling to come to terms with how much the classic anthropology developed within already non-existing societies has still to offer and to which extent it remains sufficient. Thus this book is a compulsory reading for anthropologists and strongly recommended for those who search for an original, uncompromised, and extraordinary quality of social thought.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Irish Journal of Anthropology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The intellectual bequest of a brilliant and compassionate human being.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Michael Herzfeld\u003c\/strong\u003e, Harvard University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“His voice is as deeply needed as ever. Ardener anticipated numerous central issues in the social sciences today…This publishing event will achieve something much more significant still: a long-overdue recognition that Ardener not only forged ahead of today’s mainstream but bequeathed a legacy of ideas that can regenerate and redirect anthropological thought today. This new edition will allow a new and more receptive audience to come to grips with Ardener’s distinctive mode of analysis and understanding, bringing it more clearly into the mainstream of anthropological thought not only as a historical contribution but also, and especially, as a source of new reflections.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e(From the Foreword)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eForeword\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMichael Herzfeld\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMalcolm Chapman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eThe Ardener Papers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Social Anthropology and Language (with editorial preface)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e The New Anthropology and its Critics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Language, Ethnicity and Population\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Belief and the Problem of Women\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Some Outstanding Problems in the Analysis of Events\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e 'Behaviour' - a Social Anthropological Criticism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Social Anthropology and Population\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e The 'Problem' Revisited\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Voice of Prophecy\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e 'Social Fitness' and the Idea of 'Survival'\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Comprehending Others\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Problem of Dominance\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/strong\u003e Social Anthropology and the Decline of Modernism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14.\u003c\/strong\u003e 'Remote Areas' - some Theoretical Considerations\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 15.\u003c\/strong\u003e Witchcraft, Economics and the Continuity of Belief\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 16. \u003c\/strong\u003eSocial Anthropology and the Historicity of Historical Linguistics\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 17. \u003c\/strong\u003eEdward Sapir, 1884-1939\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 18.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Construction of History: 'Vestiges of Creation'\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePostscript I:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Prophetic Condition\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKirsten Hastrup\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePostscript II: \u003c\/strong\u003eTowards a Rigorously Empirical Anthropology\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMaryon McDonald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix:\u003c\/strong\u003e Edwin Ardener - a Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes\u003cbr\u003e \tReferences\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042405908823,"sku":"9781785337697","price":96.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785337697.jpg?v=1750954050","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-voice-of-prophecy-and-other-essays-9781785337697","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}