Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology

Eleven essays that explain the core concepts of the discipline, from caste, kingship and the fetish to ritual, mourning and play. A rigorous guide to the ideas anthropologists still argue about.

Valerio Valeri

A sharp critique of how academic anthropology works and why it so often fails to help the people it studies. Rob Borofsky makes the case for a public anthropology that tackles real problems.

Rob Borofsky

Bruno Latour's distinguished lecture to the American Anthropological Association, arguing that the ecological crisis turns anthropology into the key discipline of our time.

Bruno Latour

A practical guide to the ethical questions of fieldwork: consent, privacy, vulnerability, harm and online research. Useful for anyone planning an ethnographic project.

Ron Iphofen

A clear history of the tense relationship between anthropologists and development work, from colonial advisers to today's aid agencies, and the positions anthropologists take toward it.

David Lewis