Overview
In this book, D. Z. Zhong establishes a methodological principle for cross-cultural research, called anthropological fideism. While anthropologists take for granted that natives don't really believe the unintelligible or inexplicable things they say, and what they say should express a deeper social meaning, Zhong contends that if we have a translation manual that can interpret a foreign language, and if natives are asserting honestly, then what natives say still express natives' belief, no matter how absurd it seems.
- | Author: D. Z. Zhong
- | Publisher: University Press of America
- | Publication Date: Dec 30, 2003
- | Number of Pages: 242 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0761827447
- | ISBN-13: 9780761827443
