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Introducing HAU's Masterclass Series: Courses and Lectures which changed the discipline.
On Friday April 20, HAU releases the first official version of the lessons which sparked one of the most influential anthropological movements of the last decade.
Revised and unabridged. Open Access. FREE.
VOLUME 1: EDUARDO VIVEIROS DE CASTRO
COSMOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVISM IN AMAZONIA AND ELSEWHERE
Four Lectures given in the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge, February-March 1998.
"One of the basic axioms of science studies, or at least Thomas Kuhn's version of them, is that one does not recognize a paradigm shift when one sees one. To say that Eduardo has introduced a new perspective into a discipline that had already inflated its old ones out of recognition would simply reiterate the jejune and intellectually bankrupt game of cynical "tolerance," the insincere agreement to disagree that has by now taken the place of Boas's relativism [...] The strength of this essay – these four lectures – is that we no longer have to worry about apathy at all: we are engaged."
From the unedited introduction by Roy Wagner (Virginia): "Facts force you to believe in them; Perspectives encourage you to believe out of them: an introduction to Viveiros de Castro's magisterial essay"
The HAU Masterclass series is dedicated to the publication of seminal lecture series by key, influential anthropologists. The series is inspired by the lectures of anthropologists, intellectuals and writers such as Alexander Kojève (Introduction to the reading of Hegel), Michel Foucault (The Collège de France lectures), Meyer Fortes (Kinship and social order), Nancy Munn (The fame of Gawa) and Hanna Arendt (Lectures on Kant’s political philosophy). Each Masterclass volume will feature a unique introduction, authored by a leading anthropologist, introducing and contextualizing the work – its conception, delivery and influence. The Masterclass series will appeal to students wishing to understand complex thinkers in an approachable way; teachers interested in material that communicates effectively the core teachings of major anthropologists; busy academics interested in becoming conversant in the work of important scholars within a limited timeframe; and members of the general public who are simply curious to know more about anthropology.
Brought to you by HAU and HAU-N.E.T., a network of research centres and anthropology departments collaborating and supporting the journal and its two connected book series. Today HAU-N.E.T. includes CNRS (France), Sidney (AU), Manchester (UK), Amsterdam (NL), Oslo (NO), Canterbury (NZ). And it is an open and growing network. Do contact us if you wish to know more: we need your support and advice.
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