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Hello and welcome to the LSE and welcome to this event in which we will be discussing the notion of critique in sociology.
My name is Carrie Friese,
and I am an associate professor here in the sociology department at the LSE.
As chair,
I would like to tell you a little bit about the idea behind this event before I introduce the speakers and tell you about the format of the evening.
This is the second event in a series honoring the spirit of the group for theoretical debates in anthropology.
which was originally organized at the University of Manchester,
founded by Tim Ingold and later organized by Peter Wade and then Soumya Venkatesan.
The group brought together scholars to debate propositions that have a chance of engaging almost every practicing anthropologist,
including students of anthropology.
I'll give you just a few examples.
1993.
The past is a foreign country.
2009.
The anthropological fixation with reciprocity leaves no room for love.
2012.
The concept of neoliberalism has become an impediment to anthropological understandings of the 21st century.
I encourage you to check out the publications that came out of this project.