Postmodernism UPSC Anthropology | Reflexivity, Ethnography & Representation | Anthropological Theory

Описание: Postmodernism in Anthropology | Anthropological Theory Series | Reflexivity, Ethnography & Crisis of Representation | Geertz, Clifford, Marcus | UPSC Anthropology Optional

Topics Covered:
What is Postmodernism in Anthropology?
Critique of Objectivity & Ethnography
Reflexivity & the "Crisis of Representation"
Interpretive Anthropology (Geertz)
Impacts on Methodology & Fieldwork
Postmodernism in the UPSC Anthropology Syllabus

Chapters:
00:00 – Philosophical Origins of Postmodernity and Core Ideas
07:45 – Postmodernism and the Shift in Anthropological Thought
15:30 – Emergence of Postmodernism: Lyotard, Foucault, Crisis of Grand Narratives
23:20 – Reflexivity, Representation, and the Writing Culture Debate
32:10 – Key Principles: Objectivity, Power–Knowledge, Polyvocality, Partial Truths
41:55 – Deconstructing the Exotic Other and Ethics of Writing
50:40 – Major Scholars, Contributions, and Criticisms of Postmodernism
59:55 – Contemporary Relevance, Beyond Postmodernism, and Evolving Anthropology


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