Anthropology and Politics: Revolutions in the Sacred Grove

by Ernest Gellner

Book Overview

Ernest Gellner explores here the links between anthropology and politics, and shows just how central these are. The recent postmodernist turn in anthropology has been linked to the expiation of colonial guilt. Traditional, functionalist anthropology is characteristically regarded as an accessory to the crime, and anyone critical of the relativistic claims of interpretative anthropology (as Ernest Gellner is) is likely to be charged (as he sometimes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631199187
• ISBN13: 9780631199182
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"