Starry Nights
Critical Structural Realism in Anthropology
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology, Sociology
| Author: | Stephen P. Reyna | ISBN: | 9781785332456 |
| Publisher: | Berghahn Books | Publication: | April 1, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Berghahn Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Stephen P. Reyna |
| ISBN: | 9781785332456 |
| Publisher: | Berghahn Books |
| Publication: | April 1, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Berghahn Books |
| Language: | English |
Starry Nights: Critical Structural Realism in Anthropology offers nothing less than a reinventing of the discipline of anthropology. In these six essays – four published here for the first time – Stephen Reyna critiques the postmodern tenets of anthropology, while devising a new strategy for conducting research. Combative and clear, Starry Nights provides an important critique of mainstream anthropology as represented by Geertz and the postmodern legacy, and envisions a mode of anthropological research that addresses social, cultural and biological questions with techniques that are theoretically rigorous and practically useful.
Starry Nights: Critical Structural Realism in Anthropology offers nothing less than a reinventing of the discipline of anthropology. In these six essays – four published here for the first time – Stephen Reyna critiques the postmodern tenets of anthropology, while devising a new strategy for conducting research. Combative and clear, Starry Nights provides an important critique of mainstream anthropology as represented by Geertz and the postmodern legacy, and envisions a mode of anthropological research that addresses social, cultural and biological questions with techniques that are theoretically rigorous and practically useful.
