Anthropology After Gluckman: The Manchester School, Colonial and Postcolonial Transformations

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Richard Werbner

Anthropology After Gluckman

The Manchester School, Colonial and Postcolonial Transformations

Richard Werbner

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English

Manchester University Press
28 September 2021

Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; History of ideas; Anthropology

Placing the Manchester School at the vanguard of modern social anthropology, this book reveals the cosmopolitan distinctiveness of the intimate circle around Max Gluckman.

Such distinctiveness, Richard Werbner argues, was driven by creative difference, travelling theories and innovative, interdisciplinary approaches. The expansion of social anthropology as a dynamic, open discipline became the hallmark of the Manchester School. The remarkable careers and legacies of the Manchester School anthropologists are shown for the first time through inter-linked social biography and intellectual history, to reach broadly across politics, law, ritual, development studies, comparative urbanism, social network analysis and mathematical sociology. Werbner reveals that members of the circle engaged in deep dialogue, enduring friendships, and creative collaboration. The re-discovery of the complexity of their engagement and their lasting impact illuminates the exploration of the frontiers between ethnography, the sociology of knowledge, and the anthropology of colonial to postcolonial change.

By: Richard Werbner
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 435g
ISBN: 9781526160317
ISBN 10: 1526160315
Pages: 376
Publication Date: 28 September 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1 Max Gluckman in South Africa: role model, early leadership 2 Max Gluckman’s commitments, projects and legacies 3 Elizabeth Colson: home town anthropologist, systems sceptic 4 Clyde Mitchell and A.L. Epstein: urban perspectives 5 Relational thought, networks, circles 6 Friendship, interlocking directorates, cosmopolitanism 7 A. L. Epstein’s enduring argument: The reasonable man and emotion 8 Victor Turner: ‘voyage of discovery’ 9 The reanalysis of Chihamba the White Spirit 10 Anthropology and the postcolonial Conclusion Bibliography -- .

Richard Werbner is Emeritus Professor in African Anthropology and Honorary Professor in Visual Anthropology at the University of Manchester

Reviews for Anthropology After Gluckman: The Manchester School, Colonial and Postcolonial Transformations

'Discussing the failings as well as the achievements of the Manchester School, this book is a welcome invitation to rethink how anthropology was influenced by a group of people with a dedication to understanding the complexity of post–World War II colonial and postcolonial challenges.' American Anthropologist -- .