TY - BOOK AU - Otto, Ton, ed. TI - Experiments in holism: theory and practice in contemporary anthropology SN - 9781444333237 U1 - 301.01 PY - 2010/// CY - West Sussex PB - Wiley-Blackwell Publishing KW - Anthropology KW - Anthropology -- Philosophy N1 - pt. 1. Rethinking holism in ethnographic practice -- pt. 2. Beyond cultural wholes? wholes are parts, and parts are wholes -- pt. 3. Beyond structural wholes? encompassment, collectives, and global systems -- pt. 4. Beyond social wholes? holistic practice : cosmology, history, and the continuity of life N2 - Experiments in Holism : Theory and Practice in Contemporary Anthropology presents a series of essays from leading anthropologists that critically reexamine the relevance of holism as a foundational tenet of anthropology, and its theoretical and methodological potential in today's world ER -