{"product_id":"alfred-cort-haddon-ciar-n-walsh-9781800739840","title":"Alfred Cort Haddon: A Very English Savage","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAn innovative account of one of the least-understood characters in the history of anthropology.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Using previously overlooked, primary sources Ciar疣 Walsh argues that Haddon, the grandson of anti-slavery activists, set out to revolutionize anthropology in the 1890s in association with a network of anarcho-utopian activists and philosophers. He regards most of what has been written about Haddon in the past as a form of disciplinary folklore shaped by a theory of scientific revolutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The main action takes place in Ireland, where Haddon adopted the persona of a very English savage in a new form of performed photo-ethnography that constituted a singularly modernist achievement in anthropology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e From the Introduction: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Alfred Cort Haddon was written out of the story of anthropology for the same reasons that make him interesting today. He was passionately committed to the protection of simpler societies and their civilisations from colonists and their supporters in parliament and the armed forces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ciar疣 Walsh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1800739842\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781800739840\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berghahn Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.65d","brand":"Ciar疣 Walsh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45476558307583,"sku":"9781800739840","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_174d1ca8-19ba-47fa-9768-94d4ca6f888e.jpg?v=1715908841","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/alfred-cort-haddon-ciar-n-walsh-9781800739840","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}