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This benchmark collection of cross-cultural essays on reproduction and childbirth extends and enriches the work of Brigitte Jordan, who helped generate and define the field of the anthropology of birth. The authors' focus on authoritative knowledge--the knowledge that counts, on the basis of which decisions are made and actions taken--highlights the vast differences between birthing systems that give authority of knowing to women and their communities and those that invest it in experts and machines. 'Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge' offers first-hand ethnographic research conducted by anthropologists in sixteen different societies and cultures and includes the interdisciplinary perspectives of a social psychologist, a sociologist, an epidemiologist, a staff member of the World Health Organization, and a community midwife. Exciting directions for further research as well as pressing needs for policy guidance emerge from these illuminating explorations of authoritative knowledge about birth. This book is certain to follow Jordan's 'Birth in Four Cultures' as the definitive volume in a rapidly expanding field.

#SBIB:39A11 --- Antropologie : socio-politieke structuren en relaties --- Birth customs. --- Childbirth --- Knowledge, Sociology of. --- Cross-cultural studies. --- Birth customs --- Birthing customs --- Connaissance [Sociologie de la ] --- Geboortegebruiken --- Gebruiken [Geboorte] --- Kennis [Sociologie van de ] --- Knowledge [Sociology of ] --- Naissance [Rites de ] --- Rites de naissance --- Sociologie van de kennis --- Sociology of knowledge --- Knowledge, Sociology of --- Naissance --- Accouchement --- Sociologie de la connaissance --- Cross-cultural studies --- Rites et coutumes --- Etudes transculturelles --- Knowledge, Theory of (Sociology) --- Communication --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Public opinion --- Sociology --- Social epistemology --- Manners and customs --- Rites and ceremonies --- Childbirth - Cross-cultural studies --- Accouchement naturel --- Obstétrique --- Maternité --- Anthropologie --- Ethnologie --- Études transculturelles

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Culture --- Ethnology --- Knowledge, Sociology of --- Anthropologie sociale et culturelle --- Sociologie de la connaissance --- Congresses --- Philosophy --- Methodology --- Congrès --- Philosophie --- Méthodologie --- #SBIB:39A3 --- Antropologie: geschiedenis, theorie, wetenschap (incl. grondleggers van de antropologie als wetenschap) --- Conferences - Meetings --- Culture. --- Knowledge, Sociology of. --- Philosophy. --- Congrès --- Méthodologie --- Congresses. --- Knowledge, Theory of (Sociology) --- Sociology of knowledge --- Communication --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Public opinion --- Sociology --- Social epistemology --- Cultural sociology --- Sociology of culture --- Civilization --- Popular culture --- Social aspects --- Ethnology - Philosophy

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Robin Horton's critical and creative writings on African religious thought have influenced anthropologists, philosophers, and all those interested in the comparative study of religion and thought. This selection of some of his classic papers, with a new introduction and postscript by the author, traces Horton's theoretical ideas over thirty years. In attempting to understand African religious thought, he also tackles broader issues in the history and sociology of thought, such as secularisation and modernisation. Part I is a critical assessment of two established interpretive approaches, the Symbolist and the Theological. Part II proposes an alternative 'Intellectualist' approach that emphasises the structural and processual similarities between religious and scientific thinking. The postscript appraises the Intellectualist approach in the light of theorising about religion and world views.

Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- Africa --- Knowledge, Sociology of --- Religion --- Religion and science --- Sociologie de la connaissance --- Religion et sciences --- Knowledge, Sociology of. --- Religion and science. --- #SBIB:39A10 --- #SBIB:39A73 --- #SBIB:1H30 --- 316.7 --- 316.75:001 --- 316:2 --- Christianity and science --- Geology --- Geology and religion --- Science --- Science and religion --- Knowledge, Theory of (Sociology) --- Sociology of knowledge --- Communication --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Public opinion --- Sociology --- Social epistemology --- Antropologie: religie, riten, magie, hekserij --- Etnografie: Afrika --- Filosofie van de mens, wijsgerige antropologie --- Cultuursociologie --(algemeen) --- Wetenschapssociologie --- Godsdienstsociologie --- Religious aspects --- Religion. --- 316:2 Godsdienstsociologie --- 316.75:001 Wetenschapssociologie --- 316.7 Cultuursociologie --(algemeen) --- Social Sciences --- Anthropology --- Religion, Primitive --- Atheism --- Irreligion --- Religions --- Theology

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Ethnoscience --- Traditional medicine --- Technology --- Traditional ecological knowledge --- Human rights --- Folklore --- Indigenous peoples --- Knowledge, Sociology of. --- Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge. --- Ethnosciences --- Médecine traditionnelle --- Technologie --- Savoirs écologiques traditionnels --- Droits de l'homme (Droit international) --- Autochtones --- Sociologie de la connaissance --- Interdisciplinarité --- Social aspects --- Aspect social --- Elwert, Georg. --- Connaissance indigène --- Indigenous knowledge --- Adoption de l'innovation --- Innovation adoption --- Développement culturel --- Cultural development --- Comportement culturel --- Cultural behaviour --- Anthropologie sociale --- Social anthropology --- Développement de la communauté --- Community development --- Afrique --- Africa --- Conferences - Meetings --- Médecine traditionnelle --- Savoirs écologiques traditionnels --- Interdisciplinarité