The Future of Anthropological Knowledge the chapters explore the question of the nature of social knowledge from a variety of perspectives and locations such as China, Africa, the USA and elsewhere. By examining the changing nature of anthropological knowledge and of the production of that knowledge, this book challenges the notion that only western societies have produced social theories of modernity and of global scope. Knowledge of society can no longer be restricted to a knowledge of face-to-face social relations but must encompass the effect of technology, global consumption patterns and changing geo-political configurations. The Future of Anthropological Knowledge will be of interest to anthropologists and students of culture and society.
Author(s): Henrietta L. Moore
Edition: 1
Year: 1996
Language: English
Pages: 192
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Notes on contributors......Page 7
Series editor's preface......Page 10
The changing nature of anthropological knowledge: an introduction......Page 12
Interpreting electron micrographs......Page 27
Globalization and localization: new challenges to rural research......Page 48
Anthropology, China and modernities: the geopolitics of cultural knowledge......Page 71
Tradition, travelling theory, anthropology and the discourse of modernity in China......Page 104
Anthropology without tears: how a 'local' sees the 'local' and the 'global'......Page 126
Chimpanzees, diamonds and war: the discourses of global environmental change and local violence on the Liberia-Sierra Leone border......Page 150
Afterword......Page 167
Name index......Page 184
Subject index......Page 187
