Fredrik Barth: An Intellectual Biography (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780745335353)

Fredrik Barth is one of the towering figures of twentieth-century anthropology. This intellectual history traces the development of Barth's ideas and explores the substance of his contributions. In an accessible style, Thomas Hylland Eriksen's biographical study reveals the magic of ethnography to professional anthropologists and non-practitioners alike. Exploring his six decade career, it follows Barth from early ecological studies in Pakistan, to political studies in Iran, to groundbreaking fieldwork in Norway, New Guinea, Bali and Bhutan. Eriksen argues that Barth's voracious appetite for fieldwork holds the key to understanding his remarkable intellectual development and the insights it produced. The book raises many of the same questions that emerge from Barth's own work - of unity and diversity, of culture and relativism, of art and science.

Author: Thomas Hylland Eriksen
ISBN-10: 0745335357
ISBN-13: 9780745335353
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Language: English
Published: 04/20/2015
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2016