Anthropology and the study of contradictions

David Berliner, Michael Lambek, Richard Schweder, Richard Irvine, Albert Piette

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Abstract

Contradictions constitute one fundamental aspect of human life. Humans are steeped in contradictory thoughts, feelings, and attitudes. In this debate, five anthropologists adopt an individual-centered and phenomenological perspective on contradictions. How can one live with them? How to describe them from an anthropological point of view? Should we rethink our dear notion of the “social agent” through that of contradiction?
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-27
JournalHAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory
Volume6
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Jul 2016

Keywords

  • Contradictions
  • Anthropological theory
  • Experience
  • Reflexivity
  • Cognitive dissonance

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