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Andreas Bandak, Lars Højer - Power of Example, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

Power of Example

Anthropological Explorations in Persuasion, Evocation and Imitation

Av Andreas Bandak, Lars Højer

Del i serien Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series

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The Power of Example is an interdisciplinary examination of the integral role that examples and exemplification play in anthropological theory and practice. Explores the evocative and persuasive power, both positive and negative, of ‘exemplary examples’ in social lifeIncludes contributions from established and up-and-coming anthropologists, as well as leading scholars of religious and cultural studiesFeatures an international array of case studies on exemplification from Left radical activists in Denmark to scientific metrological practice in Brazil
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Andreas Bandak is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen. Co-editor of Qualitative Analysis in the Making (with Daniella Kuzmanovic, 2014), Dr. Bandak has published articles in an array of prestigious peer-reviewed journals, including Current Anthropology, Ethnos, and Religion and Society. His research focuses on Christian minorities in Syria, where he has done extensive fieldwork in and around Damascus, and he is currently working on effects of the Syrian conflict in Lebanon.Lars Højer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen. He is the project leader of ‘Escalations: A Comparative Ethnographic Study of Accelerating Change’, a three-year project funded by the Danish Council for the Independent Research│Humanities that includes Dr. Højer’s own research on the social, economic, religious,and political aspects of transition processes in urban and rural post-socialist Mongolia. He has published in a number of prominent peer-reviewed journals, including Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Ethnos and Social Anthropology.

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