Anthropology's world : life in a twenty-first century discipline / Ulf Hannerz.
By: Hannerz, Ulf [author.].
Publisher: London : Pluto Press, 2010Description: 216p.ISBN: 9780745330471.Subject(s): Anthropology -- Philosophy | Anthropology -- 20th century. -- History | Anthropology -- Study and teachingDDC classification: 301.222 Summary: A work that reassesses the issues that have always affected anthropology: what is anthropology for; how do anthropologists want their work to be understood; for whom do they write, and in what language? In his panoramic new book, Ulf Hannerz cements his reputation as one of anthropology's finest writers. He describes how anthropology came to be a major intellectual discipline, why it is vital that it remains so, and the problems it might face in the immediate future. Turning the anthropologist’s toolkit upon the discipline itself, and asking searching questions of the purpose, ethics and future of the subject, Anthropology's World should be required reading for all students and practitioners of anthropology.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| 301.2 DUB-V विकास का समाजशास्त्र / | 301.20954 VER-B SL1 Bharatiya sanskriti ke rakshak | 301.20954558 DUK-H Haryana ki sanskritik virasat | 301.222 HAN-A Anthropology's world : | 301.2254 SC; Scholars and prophets: sociology of India from France in the 19th-20th centuries | 301.235 GRA- ग्रामीण क्षेत्रों में मानवशास्त्रीय अध्ययन / | 301.24 RAD-C Civilization at the Crossroads |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A work that reassesses the issues that have always affected anthropology: what is anthropology for; how do anthropologists want their work to be understood; for whom do they write, and in what language? In his panoramic new book, Ulf Hannerz cements his reputation as one of anthropology's finest writers. He describes how anthropology came to be a major intellectual discipline, why it is vital that it remains so, and the problems it might face in the immediate future. Turning the anthropologist’s toolkit upon the discipline itself, and asking searching questions of the purpose, ethics and future of the subject, Anthropology's World should be required reading for all students and practitioners of anthropology.
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