Since the politicization of anthropology in the 1970s, most anthropologists have been reluctant to approach the topic of universals-that is, phenomena that occur regularly in all known human societies. In this volume, Christoph Antweiler reasserts the importance of these cross-cultural commonalities for anthropological research and for life and co-existence beyond the academy. The question presented here is how anthropology can help us approach humanity in its entirety, understanding the world less as a globe, with an emphasis on differences, but as a planet, from a vantage point open to commonalities.
- ISBN10 1785330942
- ISBN13 9781785330940
- Publish Date 1 April 2016
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Berghahn Books
- Edition 2nd edition
- Format eBook
- Pages 364
- Language English
- URL http://berghahnbooks.com/title/AntweilerOur