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Comparing Impossibilities: Selected Essays of Sally Falk Moore
Sally Falk Moore
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Description for Comparing Impossibilities: Selected Essays of Sally Falk Moore
Paperback. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 30. Weight in Grams: 610.
Few scholars have had a more varied career than Sally Falk Moore. Once a lawyer for an elite New York law firm, her career has led her to the Nuremberg trials where she prepared cases against major industrialists, to Harvard, to the Spanish archives where she studied the Inca political system, and to the mountain of Kilimanjaro where she studied the politics of Tanzanian socialism. This book offers a compelling tour of Moore's diverse experiences, a history of her thought as she reflects on her life and thought in the disciplines of anthropology, law, and politics. The essays ... Read more
Few scholars have had a more varied career than Sally Falk Moore. Once a lawyer for an elite New York law firm, her career has led her to the Nuremberg trials where she prepared cases against major industrialists, to Harvard, to the Spanish archives where she studied the Inca political system, and to the mountain of Kilimanjaro where she studied the politics of Tanzanian socialism. This book offers a compelling tour of Moore's diverse experiences, a history of her thought as she reflects on her life and thought in the disciplines of anthropology, law, and politics. The essays ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
HAU
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
610g
Number of Pages
325
Place of Publication
IL, United States
ISBN
9780986132551
SKU
V9780986132551
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About Sally Falk Moore
Sally Falk Moore is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Anthropology emerita at Harvard University and an appointed affiliated professor of international legal studies at Harvard Law School. She is the author or editor of many books, including Law as Process, Anthropology and Africa, and Law and Anthropology.
Reviews for Comparing Impossibilities: Selected Essays of Sally Falk Moore
Lawyer-turned-anthropologist, Sally Falk Moore has had one of the most diverse careers in anthropology... Comparing Impossibilities - a collection of Moore's most famous essays on law, anthropology, and Africa - celebrates the breadth and diversity of her career through two different themes: those of processual anthropology and comparative methods. ...Overall, Comparing Impossibilities is a remarkable overview of ... Read more