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Sovereignty as new beginnings: Action beyond the liberal subject, among undercover police investigators in Europe, for example 主权作为新的开端:超越自由主体的行动，例如欧洲的便衣警察调查员

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Anthropological Theory Pub Date : 2022-01-06 DOI: 10.1177/14634996211066367

Gregory Feldman

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Ethical infrastructure: Halal and the ecology of askesis in Muslim Russia 伦理基础设施：清真与穆斯林俄罗斯的askesis生态

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Anthropological Theory Pub Date : 2021-12-06 DOI: 10.1177/14634996211059724

M. Benussi

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The ontological turn revisited: Theoretical decline. Why cannot ontologists fulfil their promise? 本体论的转向被重新审视:理论的衰落。为什么本体论不能实现他们的承诺?

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Anthropological Theory Pub Date : 2021-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/14634996211050610

Martin Palecek

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Corporate sovereignty: Negotiating permissive power for profit in Southern Africa 企业主权:南部非洲为利润而谈判的许可权

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Anthropological Theory Pub Date : 2021-09-06 DOI: 10.1177/14634996211037124

T. Diphoorn, N. Wiegink

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Eleven Namibian rains: A phenomenological analysis of experience in time 纳米比亚的十一场雨:时间经验的现象学分析

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Anthropological Theory Pub Date : 2021-08-09 DOI: 10.1177/14634996211035365

M. Schnegg

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Fabulous: Remarks on scenarism, simulations, and scenarios 精彩:关于情景、模拟和场景的评论

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Anthropological Theory Pub Date : 2021-07-26 DOI: 10.1177/14634996211033443

James Faubion

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Anthropology and the politics of alterity: A Latin American dialectic and its relevance for ontological anthropologies 人类学与交替政治：拉丁美洲的辩证法及其与本体论人类学的相关性

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Anthropological Theory Pub Date : 2021-07-25 DOI: 10.1177/14634996211030196

Sian Lazar

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Value moves in multiple ways: Ethical values, the anthropology of Christianity, and an example of women and movement 价值以多种方式移动:伦理价值，基督教人类学，以及女性和运动的例子

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Anthropological Theory Pub Date : 2021-07-21 DOI: 10.1177/14634996211029729

I. Hovland

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Classification revisited: On time, methodology and position in decolonizing anthropology 再论分类:非殖民化人类学的时间、方法与立场

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Anthropological Theory Pub Date : 2021-06-29 DOI: 10.1177/14634996211011749

P. Pels

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Ellen and the little one: A critical phenomenology of potentiality in life with dementia 艾伦和小家伙:痴呆症患者生命中潜在的批判现象学

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Anthropological Theory Pub Date : 2021-06-25 DOI: 10.1177/14634996211010512

Rasmus Dyring, L. Grøn

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