{"product_id":"theory-can-be-more-than-it-used-to-be-learning-anthropologys-method-in-a-time-of-transition-paperback","title":"Theory Can Be More Than It Used to Be: Learning Anthropology's Method in a Time of Transition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDominic Boyer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJames D. Faubion\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eGeorge E. Marcus\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin anthropology, as elsewhere in the human sciences, there is a tendency to divide knowledge making into two separate poles: conceptual (theory) vs. empirical (ethnography). In \u003ci\u003eTheory Can Be More than It Used to Be\u003c\/i\u003e, Dominic Boyer, James D. Faubion, and George E. Marcus argue that we need to take a step back from the assumption that we know \u003ci\u003ewhat\u003c\/i\u003e theory is to investigate \u003ci\u003ehow\u003c\/i\u003e theory--a matter of concepts, of analytic practice, of medium of value, of professional ideology--operates in anthropology and related fields today. They have assembled a distinguished group of scholars to diagnose the state of the theory-ethnography divide in anthropology today and to explore alternative modes of analytical and pedagogical practice.Continuing the methodological insights provided in \u003ci\u003eFieldwork Is Not What It Used to Be\u003c\/i\u003e, the contributors to this volume find that now is an optimal time to reflect on the status of theory in relation to ethnographic research in anthropology and kindred disciplines. Together they engage with questions such as, What passes for theory in anthropology and the human sciences today and why? What is theory's relation to ethnography? How are students trained to identify and respect anthropological theorization and how do they practice theoretical work in their later career stages? What theoretical experiments, languages, and institutions are available to the human sciences? Throughout, the editors and authors consider theory in practical terms, rather than as an amorphous set of ideas, an esoteric discourse of power, a norm of intellectual life, or an infinitely contestable canon of texts. A short editorial afterword explores alternative ethics and institutions of pedagogy and training in theory.\u003cb\u003eContributors: \u003c\/b\u003e Andrea Ballestero, Rice University; Dominic Boyer, Rice University; Lisa Breglia, George Mason University; Jessica Marie Falcone, Kansas State University; James D. Faubion, Rice University; Kim Fortun, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Andreas Glaeser, University of Chicago; Cymene Howe, Rice University; Jamer Hunt, Parsons The New School for Design and the Institute of Design in Umea, Sweden; George E. Marcus, University of California, Irvine; Townsend Middleton, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Deepa S. Reddy, University of Houston-Clear Lake; Kaushik Sunder Rajan, University of Chicago\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDominic Boyer is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Research in the Human Sciences at Rice University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Life Informatic: Newsmaking in the Digital Era; Spirit and System: Media, Intellectuals, and the Dialectic in Modern German Culture\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Media: A Popular Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e. James Faubion is the Radoslav Tsanoff Chair and Professor of Anthropology at Rice University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAn Anthropology of Ethics, The Shadows and Lights of Waco: Millennialism Today\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eModern Greek Lessons: A Primer in Historical Constructivism\u003c\/i\u003e. George E. Marcus is Chancellor's Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine. He is coauthor of\u003ci\u003e Anthropology as Cultural Critique: An Experimental Moment in the Human Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eWriting Culture: The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography\u003c\/i\u003e. He was the founding editor of \u003ci\u003eCultural Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 21, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51804849832224,"sku":"9781501700088","price":66.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/51fb5cd0b461958a9425dfd1c872dc8f.webp?v=1780903715","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/theory-can-be-more-than-it-used-to-be-learning-anthropologys-method-in-a-time-of-transition-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}