000856873 000__ 02186cam\a2200373\i\4500 000856873 001__ 856873 000856873 005__ 20210515160215.0 000856873 008__ 180906t20192019enka\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000856873 010__ $$a 2018038849 000856873 020__ $$a9781108465045$$q(paperback) 000856873 020__ $$a1108465048$$q(paperback) 000856873 020__ $$a9781108474603$$q(hardcover) 000856873 020__ $$a1108474608$$q(hardcover) 000856873 035__ $$a(OCoLC)on1054267483 000856873 035__ $$a856873 000856873 040__ $$aLBSOR/DLC$$beng$$erda$$cDLC$$dOCLCO$$dOCLCF$$dYDX$$dOCLCO 000856873 042__ $$apcc 000856873 049__ $$aISEA 000856873 05000 $$aGN34.3.C58$$bC36 2019 000856873 08200 $$a930.1$$223 000856873 1001_ $$aCandea, Matei,$$eauthor. 000856873 24510 $$aComparison in anthropology :$$bthe impossible method /$$cMatei Candea. 000856873 264_1 $$aCambridge, United Kingdom ;$$aNew York, NY :$$bCambridge University Press,$$c2019. 000856873 300__ $$axiii, 392 pages ;$$c23 cm. 000856873 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000856873 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia 000856873 338__ $$avolume$$bnc$$2rdacarrier 000856873 4901_ $$aNew departures in anthropology 000856873 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000856873 5050_ $$aThe impossible method -- The garden of forking paths -- Caesurism and heuristics -- Comparatio -- Two ends of lateral comparison: identity and alterity -- Another dimension of lateral comparison: identity and intensity -- Two ends of frontal comparison: identity, alterity, reflexivity -- The oscillations of frontal comparison: identity, intensity, reflexivity -- Rigour. 000856873 520__ $$a"Anthropologists today use comparisons to describe and to explain, to generalise and to challenge generalisations, to critique and to create new concepts. In this multiplicity of often contradictory aims lie both the key challenge of anthropological comparison, and also its key strength. Matei Candea maps a path through that entangled conversation, providing a ground-up reassessment of the key conceptual issues at the heart of any form of anthropological comparison, whilst creating a bold charter for reconsidering the value of comparison in anthropology and beyond"--$$cProvided by publisher. 000856873 650_0 $$aAnthropology$$xComparative method. 000856873 650_0 $$aAnthropology$$xMethodology. 000856873 830_0 $$aNew departures in anthropology. 000856873 85200 $$bgen$$hGN34.3.C58$$iC36$$i2019 000856873 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:856873$$pGLOBAL_SET 000856873 980__ $$aBIB 000856873 980__ $$aBOOK