{"product_id":"alfred-cort-haddon-a-very-english-savage-paperback","title":"Alfred Cort Haddon: A Very English Savage - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCiar疣 Walsh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAn innovative account of one of the least-understood characters in the history of anthropology.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Using previously overlooked, primary sources Ciar疣 Walsh argues that Haddon, the grandson of anti-slavery activists, set out to revolutionize anthropology in the 1890s in association with a network of anarcho-utopian activists and philosophers. He regards most of what has been written about Haddon in the past as a form of disciplinary folklore shaped by a theory of scientific revolutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The main action takes place in Ireland, where Haddon adopted the persona of a very English savage in a new form of performed photo-ethnography that constituted a singularly modernist achievement in anthropology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e From the Introduction: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Alfred Cort Haddon was written out of the story of anthropology for the same reasons that make him interesting today. He was passionately committed to the protection of simpler societies and their civilisations from colonists and their supporters in parliament and the armed forces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCiar疣 Walsh\u003c\/strong\u003e works as a freelance curator and writer. In 2009, he curated an internationally acclaimed exhibition of photography by John Millington Synge which brought the photography of Alfred Cort Haddon into focus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 306\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47405430767794,"sku":"9781800739840","price":42.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/38ac4989575ce3d8c31732414bd9c65b.webp?v=1778185055","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/alfred-cort-haddon-a-very-english-savage-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}