The present book is no ordinary anthology, but rather a workroom in which anthropologists and philosophers initiate a dialogue on trust and hope, two important topics for both fields of study. The book combines work between scholars from different universities in the U.S. and Denmark. Thus, besides bringing the two disciplines in dialogue, it also cuts across differences in national contexts and academic style. The interdisciplinary efforts of the contributors demonstrate how such a collaboration can result in new and challenging ways of thinking about trust and hope. Reading the dialogues may, therefore, also inspire others to work in the productive intersection between anthropology and philosophy.

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Information

Publisher

Berghahn Books

Year

2015

ISBN

9781782385578

Edition

Topic

Social Sciences

Subtopic

Cultural & Social Anthropology

Index

Social Sciences

Anthropology & Philosophy
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Trust and Hope
Dialogue One — Practical Philosophy and Hope as a Moral Project among African-Americans
Joint Statement
What Can We Hope For? An Exploration in Cosmpolitan Philosophical Anthropology
Dialogue Two — Existential Anthropology and the Category of the New
Joint Statement
The Reopening of the Gate of Effort: Existential Imperatives at the Margins of a Globalized World
The Eternal Recurrence of the New
Joint Afterword
Dialogue Three — Intentional Trust in Uganda
Joint Statement
An Outline of Interpersonal Trust and Distrust
Tricky Trust: Distrust as a Starting Point and Trust as a Social Achievement in Uganda
Dialogue Four — Trust, Ambiguity, and Indonesian Modernity
Joint Statement
Trust in an Age of Inauthenticity: Power and Indonesian Modernity
Trust as the Life Magic of Self-Deception: A Philosophical-Psychological Investigation into Tolerance of Ambiguity
Dialogue Five — Gift-Giving and Power between Trust and Hope
Joint Statement
Empowering Trust in the New: Trust and Power as Capacities
Hope in the Gift—Hope in Sleep
Dialogue Six — With Kierkegaard in Africa
Joint Statement
Self, Hope, and the Unconditional: Kierkegaard on Faith and Hope
Kierkegaard in West Africa: Hope and Sacrifice in a Ghanaian Fishing Village
Epilogue: Anthropology and Philosophy in Dialogue?
Contributors
Index