Godfrey Lienhardt as a skeptic; or, Anthropology as conceptual puzzle-solving
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2435261 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mario Schmidt (0000-0002-7528-2677, University of Cologne, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 351-375 |
| Publication date | 2017-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hau Journal of Ethnographic Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2049-1115 • E-ISSN: 2575-1433 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.14318/hau7.2.031 |
| OpenAlex | W2767837440 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 17 |
This article revolves around the observation that ethnographic classics like Godfrey Lienhardt's Divinity and experience: The religion of the Dinka are conceived as ethnocentric and colonialist. Arguing against this verdict, the article attempts to rethink (and emancipate) Lienhardt as a Pyrrhonian skeptic. This sets the stage for an exploration of Lienhardt's life-long interest in realigning anthropology as an objective science with literature as a form of art. Poetry, fiction, Lienhardt's ethnography, as well as Pyrrhonian skepticism help us to explore the possibilities of conceptualizing creatively. They accomplish this by declining to offer definite answers about the world's constitution. By way of conclusion, I propose to understand cultural anthropology as a form of "fictive science," one that is primarily interested in solving conceptual puzzles that emerge during specific ethnographic encounters
Constitution · Cultural anthropology · Epistemology · Ethnocentrism · Ethnography · Political science · Skepticism · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Law · Philosophy · Race, Genetics, and Society
Pyrrhonism, Inquiry, and Rationality
Beyond belief? Play, scepticism, and religion in a West African village
Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford
On the Concept of Objectivity in Social Anthropology
Sail On! Sail On
Religion and Culture
The paradox of Nuer feud and the leopard-skin chief
Anthropology as irony and philosophy, or the knots in simple ethnographic projects
On Ethnographic Authority
Divinity and Experience
A joyful history of anthropology
The relative native
Two forms of the outside
Not Animal, Notnot-animal
Suspending Belief
Anthropology and Science Fiction
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2023 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |