How People Compare

Mathijs Pelkmans (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 1032255145 / ISBN 13: 9781032255149

Published by Routledge, 2024

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How People Compare | Mathijs Pelkmans (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2024 | Routledge | EAN 9781032255149 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstr. 24, 80331 München, gpsr[at]taylorandfrancis[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How People Compare
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032255145
• ISBN 13: 9781032255149
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 156H x 12D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 156 millimeters height by 12 millimeters depth
• Weight: 333 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

This book focuses on comparison in anthropology, turning an ethnographic lens onto the diversity of comparative practice. It seeks to understand how, why and with what consequences diversely situated groups of people – many of whom operate on radically different premises to professional anthropologists – make comparisons, above all, between themselves and real or imagined others. What motivates people to compare, what techniques or logics do they employ, and what are the most likely outcomes – both intended and unintended? How do comparative practices reflect, reinforce or refuse uneven relations of power? And finally, what can a rejuvenated comparative anthropology learn from the anthropology of comparison? The volume develops a dialogue between scholars with long- term ethnographic engagement in a variety of contexts around the world and is particularly valuable reading for those interested in anthropological methodology and theory.

About the Author

Mathijs Pelkmans is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.

Harry Walker is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.