{"product_id":"what-is-anthropology-for-kriti-kapila-9781529230314","title":"What Is Anthropology For?","description":"\u003cp\u003eShould anthropology, a discipline that originated in the colonial 19th century, still exist in the 21st? In the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests and campaigns to decolonise the curriculum, isn't it irredeemably contaminated by its past?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As a western-trained Indian anthropologist, Kriti Kapila comes from a culture that was long treated as the subject of anthropology rather than a contributor to its understanding. But in this book, she argues that anthropology provides an essential set of tools for analysing our complex contemporary social reality. In today's data-saturated, social life, when science explores our past with great precision, isn't there merit in maintaining the line between nature and cultural, the biological and the informational, the human and the planetary? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Arguing resolutely for the discipline, while ignoring none of its past and present failings, this book makes a case for the unique insights that it can provide into our human connection, relatedness and exchange.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kriti Kapila\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1529230314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529230314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bristol University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Kriti Kapila","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46311154942207,"sku":"9781529230314","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bc3cd094-85ad-4152-948e-36d96bb92c1f.jpg?v=1730888600","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-is-anthropology-for-kriti-kapila-9781529230314","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}