{"product_id":"the-retreat-of-the-social-the-rise-and-rise-of-reductionism-paperback","title":"The Retreat of the Social: The Rise and Rise of Reductionism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBruce Kapferer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The powerful individualist and subjectivist turn in anthropology - a turn that cannot be easily separated from larger political processes of neo-liberalism and neo-conservatism - is one factor resulting in notions of the social and of society as becoming little else than empty shells of small or no analytical value.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The essays presented here, all by leading anthropologists, take a variety of positions on the matter of the retreat of the social. All demonstrate that if anthropology and other social sciences are to fulfill the task of a critical understanding of the diverse realities in which we all must live, these disciplines will find it impossible to so do without a strong concept of the social.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 132\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 7 x 4.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51797200797984,"sku":"9781845451752","price":25.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b95e11e47aaf927f4b4cff4ba405f39f.webp?v=1780775618","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-retreat-of-the-social-the-rise-and-rise-of-reductionism-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}