Against Exoticism: Toward the Transcendence of Relativism and Universalism in Anthropology by Bruce Kapferer, Dimitrios Theodossopoulos

Against Exoticism: Toward the Transcendence of Relativism and Universalism in Anthropology

Bruce Kapferer, Dimitrios Theodossopoulos

174 pages • first pub 2016 (view editions)

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Anthropology begins in the encounter with the 'exotic': what stands outside of-and challenges-conventional or established understandings. This volume confronts the distortions of orientalism, ethnocentrism, and romantic nostalgia to expose exotici...

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