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Vered Amit - Thinking Through Sociality: An Anthropological Interrogation of Key Concepts - 9781782385851 - V9781782385851
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Thinking Through Sociality: An Anthropological Interrogation of Key Concepts

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Description for Thinking Through Sociality: An Anthropological Interrogation of Key Concepts Hardcover. In this book, an international group of contributors train attention on the concepts of disjuncture, field, social space, sociability, organizations and network, mid-range concepts that are "good to think with." Neither too narrowly defined nor too sweeping, these concepts can be used to think through a myriad of ethnographic situations. Editor(s): Amit, Vered. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 466.

As issues and circumstances investigated by anthropologists are becoming ever more diverse, the need to address social affiliation in contemporary situations of mobility, urbanity, transnational connections, individuation, media, and capital flows, has never been greater. Thinking Through Sociality combines a review of classical theories with recent theoretical innovations across a wide range of issues, locales, situations and domains. In this book, an international group of contributors train attention on the concepts of disjuncture, field, social space, sociability, organizations and network, mid-range concepts that are “good to think with.” Neither too narrowly defined nor too sweeping, these concepts can be ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
210
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782385851
SKU
V9781782385851
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About Vered Amit
Vered Amit is Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Concordia University. She is the author or editor of 13 books including Young Men in Uncertain Times (Berghahn, co-edited with Noel Dyck) and Community, Cosmopolitanism and the Problem of Human Commonality (Pluto, co-authored with Nigel Rapport).

Reviews for Thinking Through Sociality: An Anthropological Interrogation of Key Concepts
“[The volume] advances conceptual tools for contemporary anthropology and in provides a valuable source of overviews of the examined concepts, stimulating reading on how to think the configuration of social life.” · Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute “I don’t know of a book that explores [sociality] so centrally and effectively… Each chapter and concept has multiple ... Read more

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