In Praise of Historical Anthropology: Perspectives, Methods, and Applications to the Study of Power and Colonialism

ISBN-13: 9781032175393 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 272 str.

Alexandre Coello de la Rosa; Josep Lluís Mateo Dieste

Opis

This book is based on a fundamental conviction: the study of society cannot be undertaken without considering the weight of history and separations between disciplines in academics need to be bridged for the benefit of knowledge. It describes the complex attempts to transcend this separation.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Anthropology and History: Uncomfortable Dance Partners  2. Historical-Anthropological 'Masters of Thought'  3. Epistemologies and Methods  4. Colonial Systems of Power and Domination  5. Systems of Classification and Social Exclusion.  Epilogue: The Dilemma of Multiculturalism

O autorze

Alexandre Coello de la Rosa is Senior Professor of Asian and Latin American Studies at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain).

Josep Lluís Mateo Dieste is Serra Hunter Associated Professor in the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.