Social Experience and Anthropological Knowledge by Kirsten Hastrup

Social Experience and Anthropological Knowledge by Kirsten Hastrup

Anthropology poses an explicit challenge to standard notions of scientific knowledge. It claims to produce genuine insights into the workings of culture in general on the basis of individual social experience in the field. Social Experience and Anthropological Knowledge traces the process from the ethnographic experience to the analytical results, showing how fieldwork enables the ethnographer to arrive at an understanding, not only of `culture' and `society', but also of the processes by which cultures and societies are transformed. The contributors challenge the distinction between subjectivity and objectivity, redefine what we should mean by `empirical' and demonstrate the complexity of present-day epistemological problems through concrete examples. By demystifying subjectivity in the ethnographic process and re-emphasizing the vital position of fieldwork, they do much to renew confidence in the anthropological project of comprehending the world.

Hervik, Peter: -

Peter Hervik holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Copenhagen; an MPhil in International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER); and is a Professor in the Department of Culture and Global Studies at Aalborg University. He has done research and written extensively on the Danish media coverage of ethnic and Islamic minority issues as well as on the social construction of Yucatec Mayan identity in Mexico.

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ISBN 13	9780415106580
ISBN 10	0415106583
Title	Social Experience and Anthropological Knowledge
Author	Kirsten Hastrup
Series	European Association Of Social Anthropologists
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	1994-07-14
Number of pages	264
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