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Since the politicization of anthropology in the 1970s, most anthropologists have been reluctant to approach the topic of universals-that is, phenomena that occur regularly in all known human societies. In this volume, Christoph Antweiler reasserts the importance of these cross-cultural commonalities for anthropological research and for life and co-existence beyond the academy. The question presented here is how anthropology can help us approach humanity in its entirety, understanding the world less as a globe, with an emphasis on differences, but as a planet, from a vantage point open to commonalities.
Autorentext
Christoph Antweiler is an anthropologist and Professor of Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Bonn, Germany. He is a member of the Academia Europaea, London and serves on the advisory board of the Humboldt Forum, Berlin.
Zusammenfassung
Since the politicization of anthropology in the 1970s, most anthropologists have been reluctant to approach the topic of universalsthat is, phenomena that occur regularly in all known human societies. In this volume, Christoph Antweiler reasserts the importance of these cross-cultural commonalities for anthropological research and for life and co-existence beyond the academy. The question presented here is how anthropology can help us approach humanity in its entirety, understanding the world less as a globe, with an emphasis on differences, but as a planet, from a vantage point open to commonalities.
Inhalt
List of Tables    
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. Humankind: Current Societal Debates
Normative Universalism
Chapter 2. A World of Cultures: Their Differences and Likenesses
Universals in Cultural Anthropology Today: the forgotten Half in the Science of Humanity
Chapter 3. Cultures and Human Nature: Human Beings are biologically Cultural
Homo sapiens: Uniqueness versus Special Status
Chapter 4. Universals: Examples from Several Realms
Gender, Sexuality and Social Reproduction
Chapter 5. Methods: Deduction, Case Studies and Comparison
Cross-species Comparison
Chapter 6. Taxonomy: The Forms, Levels and Depth of Universals
Relations between basic Anthropological Orientations
Chapter 7. Toward Explanation: Why do Universals exist?
Complex Causes
Chapter 8. Critical Positions: Arguments against Universalism
Fundamental Criticism: Charges of Eurocentrism and Hegemony
Chapter 9. Synthesis: Human Universals and the Human Sciences
Bibliography     
Index