Representing Natural Resource Development in Asia:
"Modern" Versus "Postmodern" Scholarly Authority

  Counting Things and Interpreting Ideas: Anthropological Conventions in the Use of "Hard" Versus "Soft" Models

Michael Fischer


Contents

1

  Authority

2

  Scientism

3

  Postmodernism

4

  Convergence

5

  Annealing

7

  Integration

7

  Multimedia

8

  Simulation

12

  Production Systems

16

  Conclusions

19

  References

20

  Appendix I

22

  Appendix II

22

  Appendix III

26

  Appendix IV

27

  How To Deconstruct Almost Anything

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