Transcending the whole and the parts: universalism, writing and ethics in anthropology
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Merelogy, Universalism, Writing, Ethics, Relationism, Anthropology.Abstract
This paper analyzes the logical configuration from which anthropology conceptualizes its objects of study. For this task, it will be shown that its theories have identified relationships, entities and contexts by proposing four types of readings on what is considered as the whole and its parts (Holism, Individualism, Integrationism and Relationalism). Extending the case of Relationalism, it will be highlighted that these models not only encompass the understanding of universalism, but also the researcher’s scriptural strategies and intellectual ethics.Downloads
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