Anthropology and the study of contradictions
Abstract
Contradictions constitute one fundamental aspect of human life. Humans are steeped in contradictory thoughts, feelings, and attitudes. In this debate, five anthropologists adopt an individual-centered and phenomenological perspective on contradictions. How can one live with them? How to describe them from an anthropological point of view? Should we rethink our dear notion of the “social agent” through that of contradiction?
Citation
Berliner , D , Lambek , M , Schweder , R , Irvine , R & Piette , A 2016 , ' Anthropology and the study of contradictions ' , HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory , vol. 6 , no. 1 , pp. 1-27 . https://doi.org/10.14318/hau6.1.002
Publication
HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
2049-1115Type
Journal item
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