Comparison in Anthropology : The Impossible Method (Hardcover)

Introduction; Part I. Impossibilities: 1. The impossible method; 2. The garden of forking paths; 3. Caesurism and heuristics; Part II. An Archetype: 4. Comparatio; 5. Two ends of lateral comparison: identity and alterity; 6. Another dimension of lateral comparison: identity and intensity; 7. Two ends of frontal comparison: identity, alterity, reflexivity; 8. The oscillations of frontal comparison: identity, intensity, reflexivity; 9. Rigour; Conclusion.