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1 online resource |
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction: Ethnographies of explanation and the explanation of ethnography / Matei Candea and Paolo Heywood -- Are there anthropological problems? / Paolo Heywood -- On anthropological findings / Tanya M. Luhrmann -- On (not) explaining the domestic miracle / Jon Bialecki -- Emergent explanation / Matei Candea and Thomas Yarrow -- Bourdieu, the demystifying power of individualism, and the crisis of anthropology / Gildas Salmon, translated by Nicolas Carter -- The economic explanation / Richard Staley -- Anthropological explanation by virtue of individual worldviews and the case of Stanley Spencer / Nigel Rapport -- Explaining post-truth / Jonathan Mair -- Finding real and fake explanations / Sarah Green -- Explaining mindfulness in political advocacy / Joanna Cook -- Explaining the politics of the author / Adam Reed. |
Summary |
"A survey of forms of explanation in social anthropology and ethnographic accounts of explanation to be found in areas of religion, medicine, politics, and economics"-- Provided by publisher. |
Note |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
Subject |
Ethnology -- Philosophy.
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Explanation.
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Philosophical anthropology.
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Ethnologie -- Philosophie.
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Explication.
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Anthropologie philosophique.
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philosophical anthropology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
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Indexed Term |
political phenomenon, post-truth, cognitive therapy, empirical questions, ethnographic studies, examinations, anthropology, epistemological questions, philosophy, sociology, epistemology, interpretation, social analysis. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Heywood, Paolo, editor.
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Candea, Matei, editor.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Beyond description Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2023 9781501771569 (DLC) 2023003278 |
ISBN |
9781501771590 (epub) |
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1501771590 |
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9781501771569 (hardcover) |
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9781501771583 (pdf) |
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1501771582 |
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9781501771576 (paperback) |
Standard No. |
AU@ 000073423312 |
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