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Phenomenology in Anthropology

2015-10-19
Phenomenology in Anthropology

Author: Kalpana Ram

Publisher: Indiana University Press

ISBN: 9780253017802

Category: Philosophy

Page: 326

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This volume explores what phenomenology adds to the enterprise of anthropology, drawing on and contributing to a burgeoning field of social science research inspired by the phenomenological tradition in philosophy. Essays by leading scholars ground their discussions of theory and method in richly detailed ethnographic case studies. The contributors broaden the application of phenomenology in anthropology beyond the areas in which it has been most influential—studies of sensory perception, emotion, bodiliness, and intersubjectivity—into new areas of inquiry such as martial arts, sports, dance, music, and political discourse.

Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology

2003-12-31
Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology

Author: Carol R. Ember

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

ISBN: 9780306477546

Category: Social Science

Page: 1103

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Medical practitioners and the ordinary citizen are becoming more aware that we need to understand cultural variation in medical belief and practice. The more we know how health and disease are managed in different cultures, the more we can recognize what is "culture bound" in our own medical belief and practice. The Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology is unique because it is the first reference work to describe the cultural practices relevant to health in the world's cultures and to provide an overview of important topics in medical anthropology. No other single reference work comes close to marching the depth and breadth of information on the varying cultural background of health and illness around the world. More than 100 experts - anthropologists and other social scientists - have contributed their firsthand experience of medical cultures from around the world.

The Role of Phenomenology in Existential Anthropology

2020-06-10
The Role of Phenomenology in Existential Anthropology

Author: Omar Ibrahim

Publisher: GRIN Verlag

ISBN: 9783346180162

Category: Education

Page: 22

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Academic Paper from the year 2020 in the subject Pedagogy - Science, Theory, Anthropology, grade: 6, University of Bern (Institut für Sozialanthropologie), language: English, abstract: The present essay explores the question of how philosophical phenomenology can be integrated into anthropology and especially into existential anthropology. Phenomenology will be analyzed in terms of its methods and demands in order to apply them to the field of Existential Anthropology. In doing so, some points have to be changed, which are necessary for the philosophical as well as for the anthropological perspective. Philosophical phenomenology is a discipline which can be examined in terms of its tradition, its method, and its demands. There is little point in dealing with the tradition here. This is due to two reasons: First, some positions of the phenomenological thinkers will be introduced in the following chapters anyway. An overview of the entire tradition, however, would lead too far away from the topic. Secondly, philosophical phenomenology must be distinguished from existentialism. Not all phenomenologists, such as Scheler or Merleau-Ponty, for example, have dealt with existentialism. And not all existentialists, such as De Beauvoir or Camus, have dealt with phenomenology.

Anthropology's Interrogation of Philosophy from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century

2017-12-06
Anthropology's Interrogation of Philosophy from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century

Author: Jerome Fanning Marsden Carroll

Publisher: Lexington Books

ISBN: 9781498558013

Category: Philosophy

Page: 256

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In this book, Jerome Carroll draws on the epistemological, ontological, and methodological aspects and implications of anthropological holism to read the philosophical significance of classical twentieth century anthropology through the lens of eighteenth century writings on anthropology.

Psychoanalysis, Phenomenological Anthropology and Religion

1998
Psychoanalysis, Phenomenological Anthropology and Religion

Author: Antoine Vergote

Publisher: Rodopi

ISBN: 9042006137

Category: Religion

Page: 320

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In this volume we have brought together some of the most important contributions of Antoon Vergote to the field of what is now called 'clinical psychology of religion'. Most of these contributions were not published before in English. They cover the field in two ways. On the one hand we selected some articles in which Vergote reflects about the foundations of the (clinical) psychology of religion. This first part of the book is about the psychoanalytic and philosophical-anthropological approach of some major topics in the study of religion : e.g. mythical thinking and symbolisation, moral law and the idea of sin, religious experience... . In this part we also included a critical reflection about the classic psychoanalytic criticism of religion and about the epistemology and the limits of the psychology of religion. The second part, on the other hand, contains clinical-empirical and psycho-historical studies about concrete religious phenomena. The first section of this part is, amongst other topics, about the psychological approach of the person Jesus, about the psychological profile of the priest and, about some aspects of folk religiosity. The second section deals with problems in the field of mental health and religion : the differentiation of true and false mysticism, religion and psychopathology and a psychological approach of the experience of visions and apparitions.

The Future of Visual Anthropology

2006
The Future of Visual Anthropology

Author: Sarah Pink

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

ISBN: 0415357640

Category: Visual anthropology

Page: 200

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An eminent author in the field presents a groundbreaking examination of developments within the field of visual anthropology, develops a new approach, and examines the way forward for this sub discipline in the twenty-first century.

Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology

2013-08-28
Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology

Author: R. Jon McGee

Publisher: SAGE Publications

ISBN: 9781452276304

Category: Social Science

Page: 1053

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Social and cultural anthropology and archaeology are rich subjects with deep connections in the social and physical sciences. Over the past 150 years, the subject matter and different theoretical perspectives have expanded so greatly that no single individual can command all of it. Consequently, both advanced students and professionals may be confronted with theoretical positions and names of theorists with whom they are only partially familiar, if they have heard of them at all. Students, in particular, are likely to turn to the web to find quick background information on theorists and theories. However, most web-based information is inaccurate and/or lacks depth. Students and professionals need a source to provide a quick overview of a particular theory and theorist with just the basics—the "who, what, where, how, and why," if you will. In response, SAGE Reference plans to publish the two-volume Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology: An Encyclopedia. Features & Benefits: Two volumes containing approximately 335 signed entries provide users with the most authoritative and thorough reference resource available on anthropology theory, both in terms of breadth and depth of coverage. To ease navigation between and among related entries, a Reader's Guide groups entries thematically and each entry is followed by Cross-References. In the electronic version, the Reader's Guide combines with the Cross-References and a detailed Index to provide robust search-and-browse capabilities. An appendix with a Chronology of Anthropology Theory allows students to easily chart directions and trends in thought and theory from early times to the present. Suggestions for Further Reading at the end of each entry and a Master Bibliography at the end guide readers to sources for more detailed research and discussion.

Things as They are

1996-01-01
Things as They are

Author: Michael Jackson

Publisher:

ISBN: 025333036X

Category: Social Science

Page: 278

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In this timely collection of essays, thirteen contemporary ethnographers demonstrate the importance of phenomenological and existential ideas for anthropology. In emphasizing the link between the empirical and the experiential, these ethnographers also explore the relationship between phenomenology and other theories of the lifeworld, such as existentialism, radical empiricism, and critical theory. Empiricism, and Anthropological Critique by Michael Jackson; Honor and Shame by Lila Abu-Lughod; Struggling Along by Robert Desjarlais; The Cosmology of Life Transmission by Ren Devisch; Reflections on a Cut Finger: Taboo in the Umeda Conception of the Self by Alfred Gell; Space and Sociality in a Dayak Longhouse by Christine Helliwell; In Defiance of Destiny: The Management of Time at a Cretan Funeral by Michael Herzfeld; Suffering and Its Professional Transformation: Toward an Ethnography of Interpersonal Experience by Arthur Kleinman and Joan Kleinman; Hand Drumming: An Essay in Practical Knowledge by Shawn Lindsay; On Dying and Suffering in Iqwaye Existence by Jadran Mimica; If Not the Words: Shared Practical Activity and Friendship in Fieldwork by Keith Ridler; and After the Field by Jim Wafer.

Phenomenology, Architecture and the Built World

2017-01-05
Phenomenology, Architecture and the Built World

Author: James Dodd

Publisher: BRILL

ISBN: 9789004340015

Category: Philosophy

Page: 306

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Phenomenology, Architecture and the Built World is an introduction to phenomenological philosophy through an analysis of the phenomenon of the built world as an embodiment of human understanding. It aims to establish the value of phenomenological description in establishing the philosophical importance of architecture.

Education and Philosophical Anthropology

1987
Education and Philosophical Anthropology

Author: David Holbrook

Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

ISBN: 0838632750

Category: Education

Page: 184

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Alerts students and teachers in education and the humanities to the area of thought known as Continental or reflective philosophy. This book discusses the various disciplines included in this philosophy that come under the rubric of philosophical anthropology: philosophical biology, psychoanalysis, phenomenology, and branches of postcritical philosophy.

The Promise of Phenomenology

2006-03-07
The Promise of Phenomenology

Author: Richard I. Sugarman, University of Vermont

Publisher: Lexington Books

ISBN: 9780739159668

Category: Philosophy

Page: 328

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The Promise of Phenomenology: Posthumous Papers of John Wild includes articles that remained unpublished during Wild's lifetime, some of which he was preparing for publication, a journal that he kept, as well as a masterful exposition and commentary on Emmanuel Levinas' book, Totality and Infinity. This book gives a lively picture of a master philosopher at work conveying the vitality and importance of philosophy to everyday life.