Reclaiming a Scientific AnthropologyAltaMira Press, 11 sept 2008 - 266 páginas This second edition of Reclaiming a Scientific Anthropology arrives at just the right time, as new advances in science increasingly affect anthropologists of all stripes. Lawrence Kuznar begins by reviewing the basic issues of scientific epistemology in anthropology as they have taken shape over the life of the discipline. He then describes postmodern and other critiques of both science and scientific anthropology, and he concludes with stringent analyses of these debates. This new edition brings this important text firmly into the 21st century; it not only updates the scholarly debates but it describes new research techniques—such as computer modeling systems—that could not have been imagined just a decade ago. In a field that has become increasingly divided over basic methods of reasearch and interpretation, Kuznar makes a powerful argument that anthropology should return to its roots in empirical science. |
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... postmodernism . Bronek Mistal , now of Catholic University , introduced me to current European thinking on postmod- ernism . Collectively , my sociology colleagues offered me many chances for lively debate on the issues that I address ...
... postmodernism . Bronek Mistal , now of Catholic University , introduced me to current European thinking on postmod- ernism . Collectively , my sociology colleagues offered me many chances for lively debate on the issues that I address ...
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... postmodernism . One major change in part II is my elimination of the chapter on creationism and race and IQ research . I originally intended this chapter as a means of demonstrat- ing the parallels between postmodern and leftist ...
... postmodernism . One major change in part II is my elimination of the chapter on creationism and race and IQ research . I originally intended this chapter as a means of demonstrat- ing the parallels between postmodern and leftist ...
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... postmodernism , modern politics , and social activism . Each of these issues has a large if not vast literature ... postmodernists cringe at the thought of canons , there have emerged canons in this anti - canonical movement as well ...
... postmodernism , modern politics , and social activism . Each of these issues has a large if not vast literature ... postmodernists cringe at the thought of canons , there have emerged canons in this anti - canonical movement as well ...
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Lawrence A. Kuznar. canons of postmodernism upon which I focus include Jacques Derrida ( 1976 ) , Pierre Bourdieu ... postmodernist advocates , and anthropolo- gists who work for large corporations and the U.S. military . The ethical ...
Lawrence A. Kuznar. canons of postmodernism upon which I focus include Jacques Derrida ( 1976 ) , Pierre Bourdieu ... postmodernist advocates , and anthropolo- gists who work for large corporations and the U.S. military . The ethical ...
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... postmodernists adopt a version of radical relativism that argues that no moral / ethical code can be globally applied to all human beings . Arguably , many postmodernists would hold that Christianity has been a totalizing and repressive ...
... postmodernists adopt a version of radical relativism that argues that no moral / ethical code can be globally applied to all human beings . Arguably , many postmodernists would hold that Christianity has been a totalizing and repressive ...
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