Anthropology as irony and philosophy, or the knots in simple ethnographic projects
(2014)
Journal Article
Carrithers, M. (2014). Anthropology as irony and philosophy, or the knots in simple ethnographic projects. HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, 4(3), 117-142. https://doi.org/10.14318/hau4.3.010
In this essay on the idea of "anthropological knots" I lay out three closely related ideas. One is that the practice of ethnography may be regarded as being also the practice of philosophy, insofar as philosophy is the pursuit of knowledge about ours... Read More about Anthropology as irony and philosophy, or the knots in simple ethnographic projects.