In the company of others : the development of anthropology in Israel /
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| Author / Creator: | Abuhav, Orit, author. |
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| Uniform title: | Ḳarov etsel aḥerim. English |
| Imprint: | Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, [2015] ©2015 |
| Description: | xvii, 272 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10299727 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- 1. Anthropology in Israel: A Knowledge Field in Israeli Culture and Society
- Israeli Anthropology and Its Neighboring Disciplines: Cohabition or Fenced-Off Plots?
- The Geopolitical Boundaries of Israeli Anthropology
- Keys to Interpretation and Analysis
- Studying the History of Anthropology/Anthropologies
- 2. Research, Teaching, and Academe from the Margins Inward: An Emergent Discipline in an Emergent Society
- Periods of Development
- Points of View on the Discipline
- Sources of Information
- Anthropology at the Hebrew University: Courtship and Rejections
- Foreign Fields and Immigrants: Anthropological Activity outside the Academy
- Anthropology at the Universities after the Mid-1960s: A Legitimate Pairing
- Anthropologists at Museums
- Anthropology at Colleges of Education
- Applied Anthropologists
- The National Agenda Shapes the Academic Agenda
- Euro-Anglo-American Anthropology Shapes Israeli Anthropology
- 3. The Israeli Anthropological Association as a Site of Anthropological Practice
- The History and Nature of Professional Associations
- Organizational, Professional, Scientific, National, and Social Characteristics of the, IAA
- The IAA and the Boundaries of Anthropology
- The IAA as an Israeli Association
- The IAA as a Professional Organization
- The IAA as a Guild
- The Publication of an Anthropological Journal
- Membership in the IAA as a Signifier of Identity
- Political Activity and Social Engagement
- The IAA as a Lever for Personal and Scientific Development and Advancement
- The IAA's Autonomy
- The Evolution of the IAA
- 4. Life Courses of Israeli Anthropologists
- (My) Introduction to Anthropology
- Methods for Studying the Images and Life Paths of Anthropologists
- The Materials: Texts, Psychological Tests, and Life-Course Narratives
- The Interviewed Anthropologists
- The Interviews: Context and Mediodology
- Images in the Life Courses of Anthropologists in Israel
- Motivations, Images, Drives, and Life Courses of Anthropologists in Israel
- Anthropologists in Israel: Characteristics and Numbers
- 5. Israeli Anthropology: The Discipline at Home
- Israeli Anthropologists Study Their Home
- An Anthropologist Studying Anthropology at Home: The Reflexive Dimension
- Identities, Motives, and Drives: Anthropologists Making Careers
- The Role of Nationalism in the Creation of Anthropological Knowledge in Israel: A Comparative View with Other Disciplines
- Anthropology Builds a Nation: A Comparative View of Anthropology's Contribution to Nation Building in Turkey
- Israelization of Anthropology and Anthropologization of Israel
- Applied Anthropology within and without the Academy
- Between the Global and the Local, Center and Periphery, Metropole and Provinces
- Israeli Anthropology and Colonialism
- Anthropology "On Behalf Of" and Anthropology "For the Benefit Of"
- Appendix: List of IAA Guests by Year
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
