Constructing Knowledge: Authority and Critique (Inquiries in Social Construction Series)

by Lorraine Nencel (Editor), PeterPels (Editor)

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  1991

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  The book explores the crisis in anthropology, brought on by the sustained attacks on its long held postulates. Amongst the topics discussed are: the legitimacy of constructing knowledge about others; Western ethnocentrism inherent in concepts such as culture; construction of concepts such as self and other serving to strengthen rather than reduce racial and gender inequality; postmodern doubt with its emphasis on relativity of knowledge which can undermine the whole edifice of scientific anthropology; whether a reflexive self-critique can be sustained as an alternative to paralysis of the discipline. This text may be of interest to those involved in the practice of social science research.