Another very interesting debate has been prompted by an article by Hugh Gusterson, that is, the same article in Foreign Policy that was previously discussed on this blog. In my review I noted Gusterson’s contention that anthropology is “the most left-leaning discipline.” My writing on this blog seems to endorse another view, that anthropology contains […]
July 21, 2008 by Maximilian Forte
True scientific knowledge, on the contrary, demands abandonment to the very life of the object – G.W.F. Hegel, Preface, The Phenomenology of Mind Discourse of all kind is heavily embedded with speech that has previously occurred, typically in the form of the first person direct quotation. – Joel Sherzer, quoted in Michael Taussig (1993, p. […]
August 8, 2008 by Maximilian Forte
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