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Thrift, N. J. (2014) Afterword : Struck dumb? Marilyn Strathern and social science. Theory, Culture & Society, Volume 31 (Number 2-3). pp. 283-288. doi:10.1177/0263276413517147
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Abstract
Marilyn Strathern has produced a remarkable body of work that not only demonstrates range and tenacity but also has produced a host of inspirations that have made their way into the world. This Afterword to the special issue ‘Social Theory After Strathern’ dwells on the subject of the modesty of what Strathern is proposing and how it relates to space, noting that her work enables us to forge new practico-theoretical combinations and works of diplomacy between incompatibles which show up the limitations of each party even as they forge new understandings – an approach that chimes with a move towards a more spatial view of knowledge. Theory, to echo Strathern’s gardening metaphor, needs to leave room not just to prune but to grow, the two being inter-related, as she points out. This Afterword also proposes that the extraordinary ability of anthropology to be inside and outside at once might serve as a model for what the social sciences need to become if they are to stay relevant in a world which cannot be reduced to a cipher for theory but still needs to learn from theory – theory which is precarious but spreadable, theory which establishes a rapport, but a rapport with friction built into it.
| Item Type: | Journal Item | ||||
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| Divisions: | Administration > Vice Chancellor's Office | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Theory, Culture & Society | ||||
| Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||
| ISSN: | 0263-2764 | ||||
| Official Date: | March 2014 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 31 | ||||
| Number: | Number 2-3 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 283-288 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1177/0263276413517147 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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