Volume 21 (2013): Issue 2 (May 2013)

in Social Anthropology/Anthropologie sociale

Table of Contents

Editorial
Editorial
Editorial
Original Articles
The specific intellectual's pivotal position
The specific intellectual's pivotal position
Comments on Feldman
Comments on Feldman
Opportunity, cliché and cosmopolitan politesse
Opportunity, cliché and cosmopolitan politesse
Commentary on Feldman
Commentary on Feldman
Reply to commentaries
Reply to commentaries
Young Scholars Forums
Contemporary ethnographic practice and the value of serendipity
Contemporary ethnographic practice and the value of serendipity
What can we learn from a ‘liar’ and a ‘madman’? Serendipity and double commitment during fieldwork
What can we learn from a ‘liar’ and a ‘madman’? Serendipity and double commitment during fieldwork
Serendipity… mon amour? On discomfort as a prerequisite for anthropological knowledge
Serendipity… mon amour? On discomfort as a prerequisite for anthropological knowledge
The field as a temporal entity and the challenges of the contemporary
The field as a temporal entity and the challenges of the contemporary
Commentary
Commentary
Debate Section
What does communication contribute to cultural transmission?
What does communication contribute to cultural transmission?
Communication, complexity and form
Communication, complexity and form
Reply to Carlo Severi
Reply to Carlo Severi
Reply to Morin's reply
Reply to Morin's reply
Book Reviews
Young men in uncertain times edited by Amit, Vered and Noel Dyck
Young men in uncertain times edited by Amit, Vered and Noel Dyck
Crude domination: an anthropology of oil, edited by Behrends, Andrea, Stephen P. Reyna and Günther Schlee
Crude domination: an anthropology of oil, edited by Behrends, Andrea, Stephen P. Reyna and Günther Schlee
Intimate migrations: gender, family, and illegality among transnational Mexicans, by Boehm, Deborah A.
Intimate migrations: gender, family, and illegality among transnational Mexicans, by Boehm, Deborah A.
Culture works: space, value, and mobility across the neoliberal Americas, by Dávila, Arlene
Culture works: space, value, and mobility across the neoliberal Americas, by Dávila, Arlene
Bad souls: madness and responsibility in modern Greece, by Davis, Elizabeth Anne
Bad souls: madness and responsibility in modern Greece, by Davis, Elizabeth Anne
The cult and science of public health. A sociological investigation, by Dew, Kevin
The cult and science of public health. A sociological investigation, by Dew, Kevin
Reconstructing the House of Culture: community, self, and the makings of culture in Russia and beyond, edited by Donahoe, Brian and Joachim Otto Habeck
Reconstructing the House of Culture: community, self, and the makings of culture in Russia and beyond, edited by Donahoe, Brian and Joachim Otto Habeck
Violence in a time of liberation: murder and ethnicity at a South African gold mine, 1994., by Donham, Donald L. with photographs by Santu Mofokeng
Violence in a time of liberation: murder and ethnicity at a South African gold mine, 1994., by Donham, Donald L. with photographs by Santu Mofokeng
Imagining the post‐apartheid state. An ethnographic account of Namibia, by Friedman, John T.
Imagining the post‐apartheid state. An ethnographic account of Namibia, by Friedman, John T.
The restless anthropologist. New fieldsites, new visions, edited by Gottlieb, Alma
The restless anthropologist. New fieldsites, new visions, edited by Gottlieb, Alma
Archaeological theory today, 2nd edn., edited by Hodder, Ian
Archaeological theory today, 2nd edn., edited by Hodder, Ian
Depression in Japan. Psychiatric cures for a society in distress, by Kitanaka, Junto
Depression in Japan. Psychiatric cures for a society in distress, by Kitanaka, Junto
The new Arab man. Emergent masculinities, technologies and Islam in the Middle East, by Inhorn, Marcia Claire
The new Arab man. Emergent masculinities, technologies and Islam in the Middle East, by Inhorn, Marcia Claire
Religion, politics and globalization. Anthropological approaches, edited by Lindquist, Galina and Don Handelman
Religion, politics and globalization. Anthropological approaches, edited by Lindquist, Galina and Don Handelman
The make‐believe space: affective geography in a postwar polity, by Navaro‐Yashin, Yael
The make‐believe space: affective geography in a postwar polity, by Navaro‐Yashin, Yael
Not quite shamans. Spirit worlds and political lives in northern Mongolia, by Pedersen, Morten Axel
Not quite shamans. Spirit worlds and political lives in northern Mongolia, by Pedersen, Morten Axel
Literature and agency in English fiction reading: a study of the Henry Williamson Society, by Reed, Adam
Literature and agency in English fiction reading: a study of the Henry Williamson Society, by Reed, Adam
Mapping difference. The many faces of women in contemporary Ukraine, edited by Rubchak, Marian J.
Mapping difference. The many faces of women in contemporary Ukraine, edited by Rubchak, Marian J.
Foreign front – third world politics in sixties Germany, by Slobodian, Quinn
Foreign front – third world politics in sixties Germany, by Slobodian, Quinn
The challenge of epistemology. Anthropological perspectives, edited by Toren, Christina and João de Pina‐Cabral
The challenge of epistemology. Anthropological perspectives, edited by Toren, Christina and João de Pina‐Cabral
Multiple moralities and religions in post‐Soviet Russia, edited by Zigon, Jarrett
Multiple moralities and religions in post‐Soviet Russia, edited by Zigon, Jarrett
Intimate Distance. Andean Music in Japan by Bigenho, Michelle
Intimate Distance. Andean Music in Japan by Bigenho, Michelle
The Burdens of Aspiration: Schools, Youth, and Success in the Divided Social World of Silicon Valley, by Davidson, Elsa
The Burdens of Aspiration: Schools, Youth, and Success in the Divided Social World of Silicon Valley, by Davidson, Elsa
At home with the diplomats. Inside a European Foreign Ministry, by Neumann, Iver B.
At home with the diplomats. Inside a European Foreign Ministry, by Neumann, Iver B.
Histoires d'eaux africaines. Essais d'anthropologie impliquée, by Singleton, Mike
Histoires d'eaux africaines. Essais d'anthropologie impliquée, by Singleton, Mike
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