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Journal Article
Beyond the suffering subject: toward an anthropology of the good
2013
Overview
In the 1980s, anthropology set aside a focus on societies defined as radically 'other' to the anthropologists' own. There was little consensus at the time, however, about who might replace the other as the primary object of anthropological attention. In important respects, I argue, its replacement has been the suffering subject. Tracing this change, I consider how it addressed key problems of the anthropology of the other, but I also suggest that some strengths of earlier work — particularly some of its unique critical capacities — were lost in the transition. The conclusion considers how recent trends in anthropology might coalesce in a further shift, this one toward an anthropology of the good capable of recovering some of the critical force of an earlier anthropology without taking on its weaknesses. Dans les années 1980, l'anthropologie a cessé de se concentrer sur les sociétés définies comme radicalement « autres » par rapport à celle de l'anthropologue lui-même, sans toutefois savoir quoi mettre à la place comme principal objet d'étude. L'auteur affirme ici que, à bien des égards, ce thème de remplacement est le sujet souffrant. En remontant aux sources de ce changement, il examine la manière dont ont ainsi été abordées des questions-clés de l'anthropologie du lointain, tout en suggérant que certains points forts des travaux antérieurs, notamment certaines de leurs capacités propres à la critique, ont fait les frais de ce changement. En conclusion, l'article examine comment les tendances récentes de l'anthropologie pourraient fusionner en donnant un nouveau changement de direction, cette fois vers une anthropologie du « bien » qui pourrait retrouver un peu de la force critique de l'anthropologie ancienne sans hériter de ses faiblesses.
Publisher
Blackwell Publishing Ltd,Blackwell Publishing,Blackwell
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