The power of example : anthropological explorations in persuasion, evocation, and imitation

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    • Bandak, Andreas

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The power of example : anthropological explorations in persuasion, evocation, and imitation

edited by Andreas Bandak and Lars Højer

(Journal of the royal anthropological institute special issue book series)

Wiley, 2015

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

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

目次

Notes on Contributors Introduction: the power of example (Lars Hojer and Andreas Bandak) Ritual, value, and example: on the perfection of cultural representations (Joel Robbins) The burden of being exemplary: national sentiments, awkward witnessing, and womanhood in occupied Palestine (Lotte Buch Segal) Exemplary series and Christian typology: modelling on sainthood in Damascus (Andreas Bandak) Double standards: examples and exceptions in scientific metrological practices in Brazil (Antonia Walford) Revolution is the way you eat: exemplification among left radical activists in Denmark and in anthropology (Stine Kroijer) The failed image and the possessed: examples of invisibility in visual anthropology and Islam (Christian Suhr) Paradoxical paradigms: moral reasoning, inspiration, and problems of knowing among Orthodox Christian monastics (Alice Forbess) How to do things with examples: Sufis, dreams, and anthropology (Amira Mittermaier) Anthropological tropes and historical tricksters: pilgrimage as an 'example' of persuasion (Simon Coleman) Of figures and types: brokering knowledge and migration in Indonesia and beyond (Johan Lindquist) Index

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