Publication

2002-03-22 - Routledge

Language

English

Word Count

72,000 words, Guess

Page Count

288 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL7488893M
  • ISBN-139780415260541
  • ISBN-10041526054X
  • LibraryThing1630419
  • Goodreads5990450

Description

Comparison has long been the backbone of anthropology. But for some decades comparison as a theory and method has been out of favour, a casualty of the growing mistrust of objectivist, hard-science methodology. In Anthropology, by Comparison an international group of anthropologists re-invigorates comparison as a legitimate enterprise. The authors explain the valuable elements of anthropological comparison and encourage an international dialogue about comparative research. They take a fresh look at various neglected approaches to comparison and present new approaches that are relevant to the globalized world of the 21st century.

First Sentence

This first article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), whose fiftieth anniversary was celebrated in 1998, is a pertinent preamble to a reconsideration of anthropology's comparative consciousness.

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