The Power of Example: Anthropological Explorations in Persuasion, Evocation and Imitation

Bandak, Andreas; Højer, Lars (edited by)

ISBN 10: 1119118328 / ISBN 13: 9781119118329

Published by John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, 2015

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Lightly rubbed and scuffed covers. 245 x 170 mm. x, 182 pp. A Special Supplement Issue of the 'Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute', Volume 21, 2015.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Power of Example: Anthropological Explorations in Persuasion, Evocation and Imitation
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons, Chichester
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1119118328
• ISBN 13: 9781119118329
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Anthropology

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Synopsis

The Power of Example is an interdisciplinary examination of the integral role that examples and exemplification play in anthropological theory and practice.

• Explores the evocative and persuasive power, both positive and negative, of ‘exemplary examples’ in social life
• Includes contributions from established and up-and-coming anthropologists, as well as leading scholars of religious and cultural studies
• Features an international array of case studies on exemplification from Left radical activists in Denmark to scientific metrological practice in Brazil

 

 

 

About the Author

Andreas Bandak is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen. Co-editor of Qualitative Analysis in the Making (with Daniella Kuzmanovic, 2014), Dr. Bandak has published articles in an array of prestigious peer-reviewed journals, including Current Anthropology, Ethnos, and Religion and Society. His research focuses on Christian minorities in Syria, where he has done extensive fieldwork in and around Damascus, and he is currently working on effects of the Syrian conflict in Lebanon.

Lars Højer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen. He is the project leader of ‘Escalations: A Comparative Ethnographic Study of Accelerating Change’, a three-year project funded by the Danish Council for the Independent Research│Humanities that includes Dr. Højer’s own research on the social, economic, religious,and political aspects of transition processes in urban and rural post-socialist Mongolia. He has published in a number of prominent peer-reviewed journals, including Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Ethnos and Social Anthropology.