radical anthropology - what is it?

[ska invita]

radical anthropology - what is it?

Theres more than just one radical anthropologist group i think (i.e. the Chris Knight one)??

 

[TruXta]

I dunno - is it the same as critical anthropology? One that would fit the bill is David Graeber at Goldsmiths.

 

[8115]

Just someone trying to make anthropology sexy I would imagine.

 

[8115]

It's radical in theory and praxis, apparently

http://theanarchistlibrary.org/HTML/Anonymous__Radical_Anthropology.html

 

[DaveCinzano]

I've no idea, but I find the Zero Anthropology blog (née Open Anthropology) an interesting read.

http://zeroanthropology.net/about/

 

[articul8]

dunno but i rate this guy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Taussig

 

[Idris2002]

Just someone trying to make anthropology sexy I would imagine.

Have you ever seen an anthropologist?

I jest of course.

There's always been an implicit radical streak in anthropology (Radcliffe-Brown was a self-styled anarchist, after all) but most anthropologists default to a vague liberal-left consensus - often very vague.

 

[butchersapron]

Or they're massive imperial racists. Swings and roundabouts.

 

[DrRingDing]

I dunno - is it the same as critical anthropology? One that would fit the bill is David Graeber at Goldsmiths.

He's done some interesting stuff on Madagascar.

 

[8115]

Have you ever seen an anthropologist?

Yeah, I used to use the anthropology computer room at university. There was a distinct lack of radicalism/ sexiness but at least it was easy to get on with what I needed to do.

 

[invisibleplanet]

radical anthropology - what is it?

Theres more than just one radical anthropologist group i think (i.e. the Chris Knight one)??

Where CK is concerned, it appears to be the misuse of anthropology to push an ideological/political agenda. More 'reactionary' than 'radical'. But he's not the first and he certainly won't be the last.

 

[invisibleplanet]

Or they're massive imperial racists. Swings and roundabouts.

Black and white. Left and Right. On and Off.
Worldview saturated by dualism - reduction to basic symbolic oppositions.

 

[butchersapron]

Bungle and zippy. Which side are you on?

 

[butchersapron]

Black and white. Left and Right. On and Off.
Worldview saturated by dualism - reduction to basic symbolic oppositions.

Reduction of piss taking posts to notes.

Unexplained expansion by crude analogy. Laughter.

 

[invisibleplanet]

Which side are you on?

The Inside.

 

[butchersapron]

Up your own arse then. Just as i thought. Hey, if you don't want to acknowledge the historical roots of the 'trade', then fair dos. I like the unreconstructed types. Principles.

 

[invisibleplanet]

I'm quite comfortable with acknowledging the history of anthropology - theory, mis/use under early capitalism/establisment of nation states, etc.
That's not a radical perspective though. It's just honest.

 

[butchersapron]

Thanks for imposing your gaze on me btw

 

[butchersapron]

I'm quite comfortable with acknowledging the history of anthropology - theory, mis/use under early capitalism/establisment of nation states, etc.
That's not a radical perspective though. It's just honest.

Black and white. Left and Right. On and Off.
Worldview saturated by dualism - reduction to basic symbolic oppositions.

 

[invisibleplanet]

1492

 

[butchersapron]

Mornington crescent. You're a bit crap at this.

 

[invisibleplanet]

Thanks for imposing your gaze on me btw

Did you want to discuss the ''historical roots of the trade'' or are you just having one of your 'happy gripey snipey hours'?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Thanks for imposing your gaze on me btw

You are fucking joking, aren't you?

Called anyone 'chalky' recently, mr gaze?

 

[butchersapron]

Did you want to discuss the ''historical roots of the trade'' or are you just having one of your 'happy gripey snipey hours'?

Not really, i wanted to make a laugh-joke with Idris. Which i did. And which you got horribly wrong. In your note taking way.

 

[butchersapron]

You are fucking joking, aren't you?

Called anyone 'chalky' recently, mr gaze?

They don't call me Franz for nothing.

 

[toblerone3]

I've read Blood Relations and I used to go to Chris Knight's Radical Anthropology Group lectures in Plender Street. It certainly is radical.

 

[invisibleplanet]

In what ways are they 'radical' (i.e.:the book 'Blood Relations' and the 'Radical Anthropology Group lectures') ?

 

[goldenecitrone]

Time to look to the future and forget the past.

 

[toblerone3]

In what ways are they 'radical' (i.e.:the book 'Blood Relations' and the 'Radical Anthropology Group lectures') ?

The theory is that human beings until they learnt a form of communistic food gathering by males forced on them by female solidarity in the form of a sex strike. The sex strike was organised by synchronised menstruation in rhythm with lunar cycles. Full moon orgies were followed by dark moon menstruation and sex strike. This society helped human beings become human beings in the sense that food gathering for infants was greatly improved and language was invented. Primates who persisted in unbridled competition between males continued to be dominated by alpha males and the potential food gathering capabilities of other males for child rearing was unrealised. So the first human society was a communist society.

I cant remember all the evidence that supports this offhand, but things that have stuck in my mind are

1. The presence of a dragon myth in nearly all ancient societies. (The dragon being the symbol of the sex strike)
2. The fact that the mean female menstrual cycle is 28.25 days - exactly the same length as the lunar cycle.

 

[TruXta]

The theory is that human beings until they learnt a form of communistic food gathering by males forced on them by female solidarity in the form of a sex strike. The sex strike was organised by synchronised menstruation in rhythm with lunar cycles. Full moon orgies were followed by dark moon menstruation and sex strike. This society helped human beings become human beings in the sense that food gathering for infants was greatly improved and language was invented. Primates who persisted in unbridled competition between males continued to be dominated by alpha males and the potential food gathering capabilities of other males for child rearing was unrealised. So the first human society was a communist society.

I cant remember all the evidence that supports this offhand, but things that have stuck in my mind are

1. The presence of a dragon myth in nearly all ancient societies. (The dragon being the symbol of the sex strike)
2. The fact that the mean female menstrual cycle is 28.25 days - exactly the same length as the lunar cycle.

Is this a well-regarded theory in anthro then? Sounds fucking loony bin to me.