Maxwell's Demons
Disenchantment in the Field
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18966352 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Mcintosh (0000-0002-8182-6589, Brandeis University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 63-77 |
| Publication date | 2004-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology & Humanism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1548-1409 • E-ISSN: 1559-9167 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/anhu.2004.29.1.63 |
| OpenAlex | W1991059644 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 20 |
This is an account of the fluctuating spiritual beliefs of my research assistant, Maxwell, and me as we moved through his cultural world side by side—I, initially, as an agnostic ethnographer; he, initially, as the passionate would‐be leader of a revival movement for a marginalized indigenous religion. The article is intended as a meditation on the fine line between belief and disbelief, on the politics and pain of adhering to a stigmatized belief system, and on the underexplored complexities that may arise from the mismatch between ethnographers' epistemology and that of their assistants in the field
Disenchantment · Epistemology · Ethnography · Field (mathematics) · Habitus · Indigenous · Meditation · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious Tourism and Spaces
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Culture, Thought, and Social Action
Sociocultural Change and Spirit Possession on the Swahili Coast of East Africa
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Horrific Comedy
Robert Redford, Apanuugpak, and the invention of tradition
The Marketing of Heritage
Dreams from a Saint
Reluctant Muslims
The Primacy of the Ethical
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2022 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |