The ontological turn : an anthropological exposition /

A recent and often controversial theoretical orientation that resonates strongly with wider developments in contemporary philosophy and social theory, the so-called 'ontological turn' is receiving a great deal of attention in anthropology and cognate disciplines at present. This book provi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Holbraad, Martin (Author), Pedersen, Morten Axel, 1969- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Series:New departures in anthropology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the ontological turn in anthropology
  • Other ontological turns
  • Analogic anthropology : Wagner's inventions and obviations
  • Relational ethnography : Strathern's comparisons and scales
  • National relativism : Viveiros de Castro's perspectivism and multinaturalism
  • Things as concepts
  • After the relation
  • Conclusion.