Critical Anthropological Engagements in Human Alterity and Difference
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"'The ontological turn' has been celebrated as a Copernican revolution and a full realisation of the critical potentials of anthropology, but it is simultaneously being dismissed as a kind of ahistorical, misguided, self-defeating narcissism. This excellent volume is something of a landmark in that it avoids polarisation in its nuanced discussions of the possible implications of 'ontology' for anthropology, encouraging their readers to expand their intellectual horizons rather than patrolling the borders." (Thomas Hylland Eriksen, University of Oslo, Norway)
"This volume is, as it were, an 'ontology of the ontological turn' in a time when we are discussing what, indeed, ontology offers anthropology: is it a methodology, a heuristics, a theory, a philosophy-everything, or actually none of the above? Bertelsen and Bendixsen tackle this issue head on, choosing one specific angle: the classic, foundational concepts of alterity and difference and perform a grounded discussion of some of the main protagonists of the turn." (Ruy Llera Blanes, Institute of Heritage Sciences, Spain)
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Synnøve Bendixsen is Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen, Norway, and Head of International Migration and Ethnic Relations at Uni Research Rokkansenteret, Norway.