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""The author's theoretical erudition and practical research experience more than 40 years ensures that no choice is taken for granted, but is subjected to reasoning. The book carves out a very important niche for itself between more abstract epistemology and a field hand book."" - Christian Lund, Professor of Development Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark ""Indeed, a basic tenor in the book is a determined search for guarantees that qualitative does not become synonymous with impressionistic."" - Peter Geschiere, Professor of Anthropology, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands ""Anthropology has been waiting for this book for a long time. It is not only a felicitous marriage between French rationalism and American pragmatism, but also a response to the increasingly tired ideological wars that pit objectivity against subjectivity and culture against text, especially from a North American perspective."" - Bob White, Professor of Anthropology, University of Montreal, Canada

The author's theoretical erudition and practical research experience-more than 40 years- ensures that no choice is taken for granted, but is subjected to reasoning. The book carves out a very important niche for itself between more abstract epistemology and a field hand book. - Christian Lund, Professor of Development Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Indeed, a basic tenor in the book is a determined search for guarantees that qualitative does not become synonymous with impressionistic. - Peter Geschiere, Professor of Anthropology, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands Anthropology has been waiting for this book for a long time. It is not only a felicitous marriage between French rationalism and American pragmatism, but also a response to the increasingly tired ideological wars that pit objectivity against subjectivity and culture against text, especially from a North American perspective. - Bob White, Professor of Anthropology, University of Montreal, Canada

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Author Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan: Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan is Professor of Anthropology (Directeur d études) at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France and Emeritus Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France. Translated by Antoinette Tidjani Alou: Antoinette Tidjani Alou is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niger.

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