The Voice of Prophecy

Reviews / Votes

"Ardener is the Czerny of anthropology, concerned with technical training, with how to think productively within the discipline. He should be read above all by postgraduates and postdoctoral researchers, whose formation is not yet 'completed.'...As exercises to form the anthropological mind, these papers are both unique and irreplaceable." * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JRAI)



"The later generations of social anthropologists have been struggling to come to terms with how much the classic anthropology developed within already non-existing societies has still to offer and to which extent it remains sufficient. Thus this book is a compulsory reading for anthropologists and strongly recommended for those who search for an original, uncompromised, and extraordinary quality of social thought." * Irish Journal of Anthropology



"The intellectual bequest of a brilliant and compassionate human being." * Michael Herzfeld, Harvard University



"His voice is as deeply needed as ever. Ardener anticipated numerous central issues in the social sciences today...This publishing event will achieve something much more significant still: a long-overdue recognition that Ardener not only forged ahead of today's mainstream but bequeathed a legacy of ideas that can regenerate and redirect anthropological thought today. This new edition will allow a new and more receptive audience to come to grips with Ardener's distinctive mode of analysis and understanding, bringing it more clearly into the mainstream of anthropological thought not only as a historical contribution but also, and especially, as a source of new reflections." (From the Foreword)