Starry Nights Critical Structural Realism in Anthropology |
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| Author:
| Reyna, Stephen P. |
| Series title: | Loose Can(n)ons Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-78533-244-9 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2017 |
| Publisher: | Berghahn Books, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $34.95 |
Book Description:
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Starry Nights: Critical Structural Realism in Anthropology offers nothing less than a reinventing of the discipline of anthropology. In these six essays - four published here for the first time - Stephen Reyna critiques the postmodern tenets of anthropology, while devising a new strategy for conducting research. Combative and clear, Starry Nights provides an important critique of mainstream anthropology as represented by Geertz and the postmodern legacy, and envisions a mode of...
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Starry Nights: Critical Structural Realism in Anthropology offers nothing less than a reinventing of the discipline of anthropology. In these six essays - four published here for the first time - Stephen Reyna critiques the postmodern tenets of anthropology, while devising a new strategy for conducting research. Combative and clear, Starry Nights provides an important critique of mainstream anthropology as represented by Geertz and the postmodern legacy, and envisions a mode of anthropological research that addresses social, cultural and biological questions with techniques that are theoretically rigorous and practically useful.