Anthropology in Theory

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This second edition of the widely praised<i>Anthropology in Theory: Issues in Epistemology</i>, features a variety of updates, revisions, and new readings in its comprehensive presentation of issues in the history of anthropological theory and epistemology over the past century.<br /><br /><ul><li>Provides a comprehensive selection of 60 readings and an insightful overview of the evolution of anthropological theory</li><li>Revised and updated to reflect an on-going strength and diversity of the discipline in recent years, with new readings pointing to innovative directions in the development of anthropological research</li><li>Identifies crucial concepts that reflect the practice of engaging with theory, particular ways of thinking, analyzing and reflecting that are unique to anthropology</li><li>Includes excerpts of seminal anthropological works, key classic and contemporary debates in the discipline, and cutting-edge new theorizing</li><li>Reveals broader debates in the social sciences, including  the relationship between society and culture; language and cultural meanings; structure and agency; identities and technologies; subjectivities and trans-locality; and meta-theory, ontology and epistemology</li></ul>

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<p><b>Henrietta L. Moore</b> is the William Wyse Chair of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. Her most recent book is<i>Still Life: Hopes, Desires and Satisfactions</i> (2011).</p><p><b>Todd Sanders</b> is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto, and has worked in Africa for two decades. His books include<i>Those Who Play with Fire: Gender, Fertility and Transformation in East and Southern Africa</i> (2004) and<i>Beyond Bodies: Rainmaking and Sense Making in Tanzania</i> (2008).</p>

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