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Why anthropologists should study rhetoric (2005)
Journal Article
Carrithers, M. (2005). Why anthropologists should study rhetoric. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 11(3), 577-583. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9655.2005.00251.x

Anthropology as a moral science of possibilities (2005)
Journal Article
Carrithers, M. (2005). Anthropology as a moral science of possibilities. Current Anthropology, 46(3), 433-456. https://doi.org/10.1086/428801

In a world of continued and expanding empire, does sociocultural anthropology in itself offer grounds for moral and social criticism? One line in anthropological thought leads to cultural relativism and an awareness that a cloud of alternative possib... Read More about Anthropology as a moral science of possibilities.