Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Wu, Guo, An Anthropological Inquiry into Confucianism: Ritual, Emotion, and Rational Principle. 166 pp. 2022:5 (Lexington Books, US) <675-214>
ISBN 978-1-79365-431-1 hard ¥21,560.- (税込) US$ 100.00 *

An Anthropological Inquiry into Confucianism provides a chronological, historicized reappraisal of Confucianism as a belief system and a way of life that revolves around three key concepts: ritual (Li), emotion (qing), and rational principle (li). Instead of examining all pertinent concepts of Confucianism, the book focuses on how Confucian thinkers grappled with these three words and tried to balance them throughout multiple dynasties and by polemics an practice performing rites in daily life. Informed by the theory and perspectives of anthropology, Guo Wu revisits the origin of Confucianism and treats it as part of the legacy of pre-textual worshipping and funerary rites which are incorporated, recorded, and interpreted by Confucians. An anthropological angle continues to flesh out the extant Confucian classics by reinterpreting the parts concerning the human-human, human-animal, and human-sacred objects relations. Modern anthropological studies are referenced to showed how Confucian ritualism permeated to the lifeworld of Chinese villages since the Song dynasty and revived in Ming-Qing dynasties along with a resurgent interest in the expression of human emotions, which had an inherent tension with (Heavenly) rational principle. The book concludes that the Confucian balancing of the triad continues into the 21st century along with its revival in China.

Lattanzi, Gregory Denis, Archaeology, Copper, and Complexity in the Middle Atlantic Region. 122 pp. 2022:1 (Lexington Books, US) <675-1160>
ISBN 978-1-79361-931-0 hard ¥19,404.- (税込) US$ 90.00 *

For the prehistoric people of the Middle Atlantic region, copper held a fascination higher than rank, achievement, or status. Native copper artifacts, along with other exotic objects, were seen as a conduit or connection between the living and the dead and were used in burial. Other studies have viewed the use of such artifacts in burials as indicative of an individual's status and rank, providing evidence for complex society. In Archaeology, Copper, and Complexity, Gregory Denis Lattanzi contends that such economic explanations should be rethought, arguing that the presence of highly exotic artifacts like copper beads and gorgets could be representative of the different mechanisms at play within prehistoric ideology, ceremonialism, and ritual.

Forrest, John, Doing Field Projects: Methods and Practice for Social and Anthropological Research. 224 pp. 2022:6 (Wiley-Blackwell, UK) <675-1159>
ISBN 978-1-119-73461-1 paper ¥8,828.- (税込) US$ 40.95 *

A must-read guide to conducting qualitative field research in the social sciences Doing Field Projects: Methods and Practice for Social and Anthropological Research delivers a thorough and insightful introduction to qualitative field methods in the social sciences. Ideal for undergraduate students just starting out in fields like anthropology, sociology, and related subjects, the book offers readers twenty instructive projects. Each project is well-suited as a standalone exercise, or several may be combined as a series of field work assignments. From interview techniques to participant observation, kinship analysis, spatial mapping, photo and video documentation, and auto-ethnography, Doing Field Projects covers each critical area of qualitative fieldwork students are likely to encounter. Every project also contains discussions of how to execute the research, avoid common problems and mistakes, and present the uncovered data in several different formats. This important resource also offers students: A thorough introduction to fieldwork, including the history of fieldwork methods, the shift from colonial to post-colonial anthropology, and discussion of fieldwork vs. ethnographyComprehensive explorations of getting started with fieldwork, including necessary equipment, research design, data presentation, and journal keepingPractical discussions of the ethics of fieldwork, including the "Do No Harm" principle, institutional approval, openness, and anonymityIn-depth examinations of autoethnography, proxemics, mapping, recorded interviews, participant observation, and engaged anthropologyThe opportunity to conduct a complete fieldwork course using digital and online resources onlySupporting learning material for each chapter, including a brief outline of Learning Goals and a paragraph summarizing the contents Doing Field Projects: Methods and Practice for Social and Anthropological Research is the perfect guide for undergraduate students taking courses and programs in which qualitative field methods are central to the field, like anthropology and sociology.

Bert, Jean-Francois (ed.), Lire Les techniques du corps: relire Marcel Mauss. (Libres cours 9) 264 p. 2022:3 (Ed. de la Sorbonne, FR) <675-1027>
ISBN 979-10-351-0673-7 paper ¥4,237.- (税込) EUR 18.00