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OverviewThis book focuses on comparison in anthropology, turning an ethnographic lens onto the diversity of comparative practice. It seeks to understand how, why and with what consequences diversely situated groups of people – many of whom operate on radically different premises to professional anthropologists – make comparisons, above all, between themselves and real or imagined others. What motivates people to compare, what techniques or logics do they employ, and what are the most likely outcomes – both intended and unintended? How do comparative practices reflect, reinforce or refuse uneven relations of power? And finally, what can a rejuvenated comparative anthropology learn from the anthropology of comparison? The volume develops a dialogue between scholars with long- term ethnographic engagement in a variety of contexts around the world and is particularly valuable reading for those interested in anthropological methodology and theory. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mathijs Pelkmans , Harry WalkerPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.322kg ISBN: 9781032229973ISBN 10: 1032229977 Pages: 202 Publication Date: 26 December 2022 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1 On the Act of Comparison: An Introduction Mathijs Pelkmans Part I: The Art of Comparing 2 In Defence of Bad Comparisons? Comparisons and their Motivations in Indonesia’s Riau Islands Nicholas J. Long 3 Recognizing Uniqueness: On (Not) Comparing the World Nomad Games Mathijs Pelkmans 4 Totemic Comparisons; or, How Things Compose in Southeast Solomon Islands Michael W. Scott 5 All Alike Anyway: An Amazonian Ethics of Incommensurability Harry Walker Part II: Comparison at Work 6 Principles or Pragmatics? Debt Advice as a Comparative Encounter Deborah James 7 Long, Hard Labours of Comparison: The Japanese Salaryman Distinguishing himself in his Totalizing Corporation Mitchell W Sedgwick 8 Uncomfortable Comparisons: Anthropology, Development and Mixed Feelings Katy Gardner and Julia Qermezi Huang 9 Implicit Comparisons, or Why it is Inevitable to Study China in Comparative Perspective Hans Steinmüller and Stephan Feuchtwang 10 Afterword: The Social Lives of Comparison Harry WalkerReviewsAuthor InformationMathijs Pelkmans is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. Harry Walker is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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