Breaking the Frames
Anthropological Conundrums
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology, Sociology
| Author: | Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew J. Strathern | ISBN: | 9783319471273 |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing | Publication: | November 23, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew J. Strathern |
| ISBN: | 9783319471273 |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing |
| Publication: | November 23, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This book argues that the breaking and re-making of frames of analysis underlie the history of theorizing in anthropology. Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew J. Strathern note that this mode of analysis risks fabricating over-essentialized dichotomies between viewpoints. The authors advocate a mindful, nuanced, people-centered approach to all theorizing-one that avoids total system approaches (-isms) and suggest that theory should relate cogently to ethnography. Mindful anthropology, as this book envisages it, is not a specific theory but a philosophical aspiration for the discipline as a whole.
This book argues that the breaking and re-making of frames of analysis underlie the history of theorizing in anthropology. Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew J. Strathern note that this mode of analysis risks fabricating over-essentialized dichotomies between viewpoints. The authors advocate a mindful, nuanced, people-centered approach to all theorizing-one that avoids total system approaches (-isms) and suggest that theory should relate cogently to ethnography. Mindful anthropology, as this book envisages it, is not a specific theory but a philosophical aspiration for the discipline as a whole.
