"It is the goal of anthropology to establish as detailed a knowledge as possible about human life in its mind-boggling…"

"The great enigma of anthropology can be phrased like this: All over the world, humans are born with the same cognitiv…"

"The world, as it is perceived by human beings, is to a certain extent shaped by language. However, there is no agreem…"

"Many social scientists, including anthropologists, have been interested in the power inherent in gender relations, of…"

"The world is far too complex, and variation between societal types is too vast, for a categorisation dividing it into…"

"In spite of the lack of clarity in the concept of society, the word is doubtless necessary. In everyday language, wor…"

"Although it is necessary to be conscious of variation, the problem of boundaries, political misuse, change, flows and…"

"All cultural translation necessitates some interpretation and simplification. No sane reader would be able to make se…"

"The art of cultural translation consists in oscillating between distance and nearness, between one’s own concepts and…"

"To simplify somewhat, one may say that anthropology primarily offers two kinds of insight. First, its practitioners p…"