When the day breaks
essays in anthropology and philosophy
Edición de la obra When The Day Breaks
| Autor | Rik Pinxten |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Peter Lang, Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Peter, Lang Publishing, Incorporated, Peter |
| Fecha de publicación | 1997 |
| Lugar | Frankfurt am Main, New York |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 226 |
| ISBN-10 | 3631322666, 0820435147 |
| OCLC | 38311953 |
| LCCN | 98005436 |
| Número de Cutter | P659w |
The book comprises four parts, all of them reflecting about anthropology and its usefulness. The first part questions the data gathering ways of the discipline, combining interpretive and scientific pretenses, against mere postmodernism. The second part pleads for a broad comparative theory in anthropology, illustrating this by studies on learning. A separate study on comparison of ethnocentrism leads on to the last part, which reconsiders the philosophical debate on relativism and universalism and consecutively speculates on the possibilities to use anthropology in intercultural negotiation and conflict management.