Fredrik Barth is one of the towering figures of twentieth-century
anthropology. This intellectual history traces the development of
Barth's ideas and explores the substance of his contributions. In an
accessible style, Thomas Hylland Eriksen's biographical study reveals
the magic of ethnography to professional anthropologists and
non-practitioners alike.
Exploring his six decade career, it follows Barth from early
ecological studies in Pakistan, to political studies in Iran, to
groundbreaking fieldwork in Norway, New Guinea, Bali and Bhutan.
Eriksen argues that Barth's voracious appetite for fieldwork holds the
key to understanding his remarkable intellectual development and the
insights it produced. The book raises many of the same questions that
emerge from Barth's own work - of unity and diversity, of culture and
relativism, of art and science.
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ISBN
9781783713066
Publisert
2016
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Vendor
Pluto Press
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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