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Product Identifiers
PublisherSAGE Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-100803984014
ISBN-139780803984011
eBay Product ID (ePID)858241
Product Key Features
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameConstructing Knowledge : Authority and Critique in Social Science
SubjectSociology / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Anthropology / General, Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism
Publication Year1991
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science
AuthorPeter Pels
SeriesInquiries in Social Construction Ser.
FormatHardcover
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN91-052866
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal306.42
Table Of ContentForeword - Dell Hymes Introduction - Lorraine Nencel and Peter Pels Critique and the Deconstruction of Anthropological Authority PART ONE: RATIONALITY AND ETHNOCENTRISM Anthropological Doubt - Ton Lemaire Participatory Research and Healing Witchcraft - Gerrit Huizer An Essay in the Anthropology of Crisis PART TWO: POSTMODERN INSTANCES 'Oh, Research, Very Good!' - Robert Pool On Fieldwork and Representation A Post-Modern In-stance - Stephen A Tyler PART THREE: CRITICAL CONFRONTATIONS WITH POSTMODERNISM Further Notes on the Adventures of Phallus in Blunderland - Jonathan Friedman Women and the Orient - Annelies Moors A Note on Difference Fighting Symbols and Structures - Annemiek Richters Postmodernism, Feminism and Women's Health PART FOUR: GRASPING THE SUBJECT: 'OUR' DILEMMAS Time and Difference in Anthropological Writing - Olivia Harris Dialectics of a Dialogical Ideal - Joke Schrijvers Studying Down, Studying Sideways and Studying Up Dilemmas of Critical Anthropology - Johannes Fabian