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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Heywood, Paolo, editor. | Candea, Matei, editor.

Title: Beyond description: anthropologies of explanation / edited by Paolo Heywood and Matei Candea.

Description: Ithaca [New York]: Cornell University Press, 2023. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2023003278 (print) | LCCN 2023003279 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501771569 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501771576 (paperback) | ISBN 9781501771583 (pdf) | ISBN 9781501771590 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Ethnology—Philosophy. | Explanation. | Philosophical anthropology.

Classification: LCC GN345 .B38 2023 (print) | LCC GN345 (ebook) | DDC 306.01—dc23/eng/20230213

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023003278

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023003279

Cover illustration: In Course of Explanation, Pedro Stoichita, 2023.