On 'possibility': A response to 'How is Anthropology Going?'

Anthropological Theory

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 355-370

  Guyer, Jane I ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

History of anthropology; Possibility; Temporality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049126469     PISSN: 14634996     EISSN: 17412641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1463499609358143     Document Type: Review

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