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The Genealogical Science. The Search for Jewish Origins and the Politics of Epistemology.
Nadia Abu El-Haj
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Paperback. Analyzes the scientific work and social implications of the flourishing field of genetic history. In this book, the author examines genetic history's working assumptions about culture and nature, identity and biology, and the individual and the collective. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTG; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
The Genealogical Science analyzes the scientific work and social implications of the flourishing field of genetic history. A biological discipline that relies on genetic data in order to reconstruct the geographic origins of contemporary populations - their histories of migration and genealogical connections to other present-day groups - this historical science is garnering ever more credibility and social reach, in large part due to a growing industry in ancestry testing. In this book, Nadia Abu El-Haj examines genetic history's working assumptions about culture and nature, identity and biology, and the individual and the collective. Through the example of the study ... Read more
The Genealogical Science analyzes the scientific work and social implications of the flourishing field of genetic history. A biological discipline that relies on genetic data in order to reconstruct the geographic origins of contemporary populations - their histories of migration and genealogical connections to other present-day groups - this historical science is garnering ever more credibility and social reach, in large part due to a growing industry in ancestry testing. In this book, Nadia Abu El-Haj examines genetic history's working assumptions about culture and nature, identity and biology, and the individual and the collective. Through the example of the study ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Series
Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226154701
SKU
V9780226154701
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About Nadia Abu El-Haj
Nadia Abu El-Haj is professor of anthropology at Barnard College of Columbia University. She is the author of Facts on the Ground: Archaeological Practice and Territorial Self-Fashioning in Israeli Society, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
Reviews for The Genealogical Science. The Search for Jewish Origins and the Politics of Epistemology.
"Abu El-Haj brilliantly describes the intellectual interplay between anthropology, epistemology, popular memes of society and political order, political commitments, ideologies, and how these factors influence cultural imaginations specifically through genetic anthropology." (Metascience)"