Time and the Work of Anthropology

Critical Essays 1971-1981

Bibliographic Data

ID7100391
AuthorsJohanne Fabian (corresponding author)
Year2014
Pages318
Publication date2014-01-14
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueTime and the Work of Anthropology (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781315076966
OpenAlexW4236219138
ISBN9781315076966
Open LibraryOL53946091M
LanguageEN
Citations received13

The development of the dialogical approach, the autobiographical perspective and the central role of text-interpretation are all seen as characteristics of post-modern ethnography, arising from the daily chores of field research. The breakthrough into time and history, away from the timeless theorizing of structuralism and functionalism, is seen as inevitable when anthropology is forced to think about its own epistemology. Another current concern is taken up with reflections on the politics of representing the other. In the later essays, he opposes post-modern fashions and re-asserts the need to continue with a truly critical agenda

Sociology · Work (physics · Anthropology · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture · Engineering · Mechanical Engineering

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