Otto / Bubandt Experiments in Holism

Theory and Practice in Contemporary Anthropology
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4443-2443-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
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Experiments in Holism: Theory and Practice inContemporary Anthropologypresents a series of essays fromleading anthropologists that critically reexamine the relevance ofholism as a foundational tenet of anthropology, and its theoreticaland methodological potential in today's world.
* Represents the first volume to consider the modern role ofholism as a central anthropological concern across a wide range ofanthropological traditions
* Critically examines the past and present predicament of holismand its potential for the renewal of future practice
* Features contributions from leading anthropologists whichdiscuss how anthropology should be re-designed in the context of achanging world
* Challenges many of contemporary anthropology's central methods,theory, and functions

Autoren/Hrsg.

Otto, Ton

Bubandt, Nils

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of contributors.
1. Anthropology and the Predicaments of Holism (NilsBubandt, University of Aarhus and Ton Otto, The Cairns Institute,Queensland).
Part 1: Rethinking Holism in Ethnographic Practice.
2. Beyond the Whole in Ethnographic Practice? Introduction toPart 1 (Ton Otto, The Cairns Institute, Queenslandand Nils Bubandt, University of Aarhus).
3. Holism and the Expectations of Critique in Post-1980sAnthropology: Notes and Queries in Three Acts and an Epilogue(George E. Marcus, Irvine, CA).
4. Worlding the Matsutake Diaspora: Or, Can Actor-NetworkTheory Experiment With Holism? (Anna Tsing,University of California, Santa Cruz).
5. The Whole Beyond Holism: Gambling, Divination, andEthnography in Cuba (Martin Holbraad, UniversityCollege London).
Part 2: Beyond Cultural Wholes? Wholes are Parts, and Partsare Wholes.
6. Beyond Cultural Wholes? Introduction to Part 2 (TonOtto, The Cairns Institute, Queensland and Nils Bubandt,University of Aarhus).
7. The Whole is a Part: Intercultural Politics of Order andChange (Marshall Sahlins, Chicago, IL).
8. Lingual and Cultural Wholes and Fields (AlanRumsey, Australian National University).
9. Deep Wholes: Fractal Holography in Trobriand Agency andCulture (Mark Mosko, Australian NationalUniversity).
Part 3: Beyond Structural Wholes? Encompassment, Collectives,and Global Systems.
10. Beyond Structural Wholes? Introduction to Part 3(Nils Bubandt, University of Aarhus and Ton Otto, TheCairns Institute, Queensland).
11. Louis Dumont and a Holist Anthropology (BruceKapferer, Institutt for Sosialantropologi).
12. From Wholes to Collectives: Steps to an Ontology of SocialForms (Philippe Descola, Collège deFrance).
13. Holism and the Transformation of the Contemporary GlobalOrder (Jonathan Friedman, Lund).
Part 4: Beyond Social Wholes? Holistic Practice: Cosmology,History, and the Continuity of Life.
14. Beyond Social Wholes? Introduction to Part 4 (NilsBubandt, University of Aarhus and Ton Otto, The Cairns Institute,Queensland).
15. Proportional Holism: Joking the Cosmos Into the Right Shapein North Asia (Rane Willerslev, Moesgaard Museum,Hojbjerg and Morten Axel Pedersen, KøbenhavnsUniversitet).
16. One Past and Many Pasts: Varieties of Historical Holism inMelanesia and the West (Eric Hirsch, BrunelUniversity and Daniele Moretti, Brunel University).
17. Drawing Together: Materials, Gestures, Lines (TimIngold, University of Aberdeen).
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Ton Otto is Professor of Anthropology and Ethnography atAarhus University, Denmark, and Professor and Research Leader atThe Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Australia. His mostrecent publications include the co-edited volumes: Tradition andAgency: Tracing Cultural Continuity and Invention (2005, withPoul Pedersen) and Warfare and Society: Archaeological andSocial Anthropological Perspectives (2006, with Henrik Thraneand Helle Vandkilde).
Nils Bubandt is Professor of Anthropology at AarhusUniversity and co-editor-in-chief of Ethnos. He is the co-author ofImagining Nature: Practices of Cosmology and Identity(2003, with Andreas Roepstorff and Kalevi Kull), and has publishednumerous articles on topics such as forgery, witchcraft,globalization, and conflict.