Akbar Ahmed is a distinguished anthropologist on Islamic affairs. He is fellow of Selwyn College at Cambridge University.

Cris Shore lectures in anthropology at Goldsmiths college at University of London, and is former editor of the journal Anthropology in Action.

Table of Contents

Contributors

Foreword: From Self-Applause through Self-Criticism to Self-Confidence 1

1 Introduction: Is Anthropology Relevant to the Contemporary World? 12

2 The Rise and Fall of Scientific Ethnography 46

3 Anthropology: Still the Uncomfortable Discipline? 65

4 Anthropologists for Sale? 94

5 Learning from AIDS: The Future of Anthropology 110

6 Feminist Anthropologies and Questions of Masculinity 134

7 Tourism, Modernity and Nostalgia 158

8 Prospects for Tourism Study in Anthropology 179

9 Lost Horizons Regained: Old Age and the Anthropology of Contemporary Society 203

10 Cultural Imperialism and the Mediation of Otherness 228

11 After Emotion: Ethnic Cleansing in the Former Yugoslavia and Beyond 251

12 Epilogue: Notes on the Future of Anthropology 272

Index 278