Does that speak poorly of anthropologists or of "science"?
Lately I've been thinking that economists tend towards libertarianism because their discipline leads them to understand the beauty of the free market etc. whereas anthropologists tend towards anarchism because any serious study of human organization reveals there's no one right way to do it.
The difference between "anthropology" and "sociology" is not easy to defend except as a historical accident, and anthropology was certainly used as a tool for colonial control, but I do think it has developed a certain liberatory power. The only way to find a more just way to organize the world is to look at the different ways it has been done by groups before and see if we can bring any of those into practice today.
Lately I've been thinking that economists tend towards libertarianism because their discipline leads them to understand the beauty of the free market etc. whereas anthropologists tend towards anarchism because any serious study of human organization reveals there's no one right way to do it.
The difference between "anthropology" and "sociology" is not easy to defend except as a historical accident, and anthropology was certainly used as a tool for colonial control, but I do think it has developed a certain liberatory power. The only way to find a more just way to organize the world is to look at the different ways it has been done by groups before and see if we can bring any of those into practice today.