Understanding Rituals (European Association of Social Anthropologists)

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Edited by Nadia Lovell. Locality and Belonging provides an international overview of the close relationship between territory and cultural identity. The issue of 'belonging' has long been recognized as crucial to the study of identity within anthropology. Here, contributors from Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, France and…. Edited by Cris Shore , Susan Wright.

Arguing that policy has become an increasingly central concept and instrument in the organisation of contemporary societies and that it now impinges on all areas of life so that it is virtually impossible to ignore or escape its influence, this book argues that the study of policy leads straight…. Edited by Signe Howell. Focusing on the social construction of morality, The Ethnography of Moralities discusses a topic which is complex but central to the study and nature of anthropology.

With the recent shift towards an interest in indigenous notions of self and personhood, questions pertaining to the moral and…. Edited by Olivia Harris. Inside and Outside the Law analyses the relationship between the law, the state and its citizens. Drawing on general theories and specific case-studies, it examines the diverse ways in which people in different cultural and historical settings have experienced the ambiguities of law. Edited by Elizabeth Dunn , Chris Hann.

Between kinship ties on the one hand and the state on the other, human beings experience a diversity of social relationships and groupings which in modern western thought have come to be gathered under the label 'civil society'.

A liberal-individualist model of civil society has become fashionable…. Edited by Vaclav Hubinger. As different societies merge into one global society and face the concomitant crisis of identity, of purpose and interest, social anthropology urgently needs to bring its methodology up to date: Edited by Philippe Descola , Gisli Palsson. The contributors to this book focus on the relationship between nature and society from a variety of theoretical and ethnographic perspectives. Their work draws upon recent developments in social theory, biology, ethnobiology, epistemology, sociology of science, and a wide array of ethnographic….

The history of anthropology has great relevance for current debates within the discipline, offering a foundation from which the professionalisation of anthropology can evolve. The authors explore key issues in the history of social and cultural anthropological approaches in Germany, Great Britain,….

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Edited by Rosalind Shaw , Charles Stewart. Syncretism - the synthesis of different religious - is a contentious word. Syncretic versions of Christianity do not…. Edited by Kirsten Hastrup , Peter Hervik.

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….

Edited by Teresa del Valle. In the last three decades, a remarkable degree of progress has occurred in the study of gender within anthropology. Gendered Anthropology offers a thought-provoking, lively examination of current debates focusing on sex and gender, race, ethnicity, politics and economics and provides insights which….

Edited by Kirsten Hastrup.

The historization of anthropology has entailed a radically new view upon history and the nature of history. This collection of papers from the first conference of the newly formed European Association of Social Anthropologists demonstrate how ways of thinking about history are important features of…. Edited by Daniel de Coppet. Understanding Rituals explores how ritual can be understood within the framework of contemporary social anthropology, and shows that ritual is now one of the most fertile fields of anthropological research.

The contributors demonstrate how rituals create and maintain - or transform - a society's…. Edited by Dimitra Gefou-Madianou. Europeans consitiute 12 and a half per cent of the world's population but consume 50 per cent of the recorded world production alcohol, and this consumption plays a significant role in the cultural, religious, and social identites of these countrise.

The contributors show how different groups…. High-profile cases of international adoption via the internet and other unofficial routes, have drawn attention to the relative ease with which children can be obtained on the global circuit, and have brought about legislation which… Paperback — Routledge European Association of Social Anthropologists.

Realizing Community Concepts, Social Relationships and Sentiments Edited by Vered Amit 'Community' is so overused both in everyday language as well as in scholarly work that it could easily be dismissed as a truism. However, the persistence of the term itself shows that the idea continues to resonate powerfully in our daily lives, ethnographic accounts as well as theoretical analyses… Paperback — Routledge European Association of Social Anthropologists.

Anthropology of Violence and Conflict Edited by Bettina Schmidt , Ingo Schroeder Anthropology of Violence has only recently developed into a field of research in its own right and as such it is still fairly fragmented. The study of important conflicts, such… Paperback — Routledge European Association of Social Anthropologists. Wildlife pests are frequently demonized and resisted by local communities while routinely 'controlled' by state… Paperback — Routledge European Association of Social Anthropologists.

Audit Cultures Anthropological Studies in Accountability, Ethics and the Academy By Marilyn Strathern Do audit cultures deliver greater responsibility, or do they stifle creative thought? Audit cultures pervade in the workplace, our governmental and public institutions as well… Paperback — Routledge European Association of Social Anthropologists.

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Gender, Agency and Change Anthropological Perspectives By Victoria Goddard In response to global change, people create new opportunities and conditions, and in their responses they are influenced by both gender and age. Schweitzer This collection reaffirms the importance of kinship, and of studying kinship, within the framework of social anthropology.

The contributors examine both the benefits and burdens of kinship across cultures and explore how 'relatedness' is inextricably linked with other concepts which define people's… Paperback — Routledge European Association of Social Anthropologists. Constructing the Field Ethnographic Fieldwork in the Contemporary World Edited by Vered Amit Ethnographic fieldwork is traditionally seen as what distinguishes social and cultural anthropology from the other social sciences.

It challenges the idea of the necessity for the total immersion of the… Paperback — Routledge European Association of Social Anthropologists. Anthropological Perspectives on Local Development Knowledge and sentiments in conflict Edited by Simone Abram , Jacqueline Waldren This collection examines the conflicts and realities of development at a local, empirical level. Crain , Felicia Hughes-Freeland Recasting Ritual explores how ritualized action diversifies in response to varying cultural, political and physical contexts.

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