Bollig, Michael and Finke, Peter (2014). Explanatory Models in Anthropology: Methodological Refinements, Cross-Cultural Comparison and Theoretical Developments. Z. Ethnol., 139 (1). S. 39 - 55. BERLIN: DIETRICH REIMER VERLAG. ISSN 0044-2666
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This article sketches the contribution of an anthropology aiming at the development of explanatory models an endeavour that has been dubbed analytical by some and scientific by others. In the first part we will trace the developments that the analytical endeavour has undergone since Thomas Schweizer's publication of Muster sozialer Ordnung (1993) in the German-speaking anthropology and beyond. More specifically, we want to investigate the degree to which his demands for a refinement of methodology, cross-cultural comparisons and explanatory theorizing have been adopted. Secondly, we question the much-dramatized distinction between analytical and hermeneutic strands of anthropology. Instead, we will advocate an anthropology that tries to further develop its methodological instruments, both qualitative and quantitative, and that maintains the aim of formulating generalizations and theorizing as a way of detecting causal linkages; one that at the same time gives attention to historical/regional particularities and processes, and also seriously addresses the epistemological challenges arising from the embeddedness of social science research in power relations, hegemonic ideologies and public discourses.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-452786 | ||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Z. Ethnol. | ||||||||||||
Volume: | 139 | ||||||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||||||
Page Range: | S. 39 - 55 | ||||||||||||
Date: | 2014 | ||||||||||||
Publisher: | DIETRICH REIMER VERLAG | ||||||||||||
Place of Publication: | BERLIN | ||||||||||||
ISSN: | 0044-2666 | ||||||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||||||
Faculty: | Unspecified | ||||||||||||
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URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/45278 |
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