{"product_id":"anthropology-why-it-matters-paperback-softback-9781509519804","title":"Anthropology; Why It Matters (Paperback \/ softback) 9781509519804","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAnthropology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWhy It Matters\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTim Ingold (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509519804, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 28 March 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e140 pages\u003cbr\u003e18.8 x 12.2 x 1 cm, 0.159 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ingold, one of the most original and radical thinkers alive, presents his unique vision in a crystal-clear and passionate way. The book deserves a wide readership inside and outside the discipline.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eThomas Hylland Eriksen, University of Oslo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAnthropology: Why It Matters\u003c\/i\u003e is both an introduction to and a profound meditation on the classic questions of anthropology. It is a model of what I would call 'companionable thinking.'\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eVeena Das, Johns Hopkins University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eHumanity is at a crossroads. We face mounting inequality, escalating political violence, warring fundamentalisms and an environmental crisis of planetary proportions. How can we fashion a world that has room for everyone, for generations to come? What are the possibilities, in such a world, of collective human life? These are urgent questions, and no discipline is better placed to address them than anthropology. It does so by bringing to bear the wisdom and experience of people everywhere, whatever their backgrounds and walks of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this passionately argued book, Tim Ingold relates how a field of study once committed to ideals of progress collapsed amidst the ruins of war and colonialism, only to be reborn as a discipline of hope, destined to take centre stage in debating the most pressing intellectual, ethical and political issues of our time. He shows why anthropology matters to us all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroducing Polity’s \u003ci\u003eWhy It Matters\u003c\/i\u003e series: In these short and lively books, world-leading thinkers make the case for the importance of their subjects and aim to inspire a new generation of students.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: On taking others seriously\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Similarity and difference\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: A discipline divided\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Rethinking the social\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Anthropology for the future\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther reading\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Archaeology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Archaeology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Archaeology%20%5BHD%5D%22\"\u003eHD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52453454020888,"sku":"9781509519804","price":10.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509519804.jpg?v=1785284660","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/anthropology-why-it-matters-paperback-softback-9781509519804","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}