Who is Afraid of the Ontological Wolf? Some Comments on an Ongoing Anthropological Debate

This article, which was delivered as the 2014 Annual Marilyn Strathern Lecture, outlines both some of the stimuli that led to the 'ontological turn' in anthropology and some of its implications. Ontology is outlined here by the author as an anti-epistemological and counter-cultural, philos...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Cambridge anthropology Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 2 - 17
Main Author:	de Castro, Eduardo Viveiros
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Berghahn Journals 01-04-2015 Berghahn Books, Inc
Subjects:	Anthropological research Anthropology Cross-cultural analysis Epistemology Management Ontology Philosophy War
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Description
Summary:	This article, which was delivered as the 2014 Annual Marilyn Strathern Lecture, outlines both some of the stimuli that led to the 'ontological turn' in anthropology and some of its implications. Ontology is outlined here by the author as an anti-epistemological and counter-cultural, philosophical war machine.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23
ISSN:	0305-7674 2047-7716
DOI:	10.3167/ca.2015.330102