The Possibility of Anthropological Fideism: An Essay on Symbol, Interpretation and Enigmas in Cross-Cultural Inquiries

by D.Z. Zhong

In this book, D. Z. Zhong establishes a methodological principle for cross-cultural research, called anthropological fideism. While anthropologists take for granted that natives don't really believe the unintelligible or inexplicable things they say, and what they say should express a deeper social meaning, Zhong contends that if we have a translation manual that can interpret a foreign language, and if natives are asserting honestly, then what natives...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761827447
• ISBN13: 9780761827443
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"