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Prickly Paradigm Press is a new incarnation of Prickly Pear Pamphlets, which was started in 1993, in
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, by anthropologists Keith Hart and Anna Grimshaw. Together they published a series of ten pamphlets on a range of topics in anthropology, the history of science, and ethnographic film. In 1998, Mark Harris and
Matthew Engelke Matthew Engelke (born 1972) is an anthropologist and author specializing in religion, media, public culture, secularism, and humanism. Regionally, his ethnographic focus is on Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom. Education and career He receive ...
took over the press, expanding its operations in the world market and adding a select few titles to its list. In 2001,
Marshall Sahlins Marshall David Sahlins ( ; December 27, 1930April 5, 2021) was an American cultural anthropologist best known for his ethnographic work in the Pacific and for his contributions to anthropological theory. He was the Charles F. Grey Distinguishe ...
took over the press, renamed it Prickly Paradigm, and re-published his own pamphlet (''Waiting for Foucault'') and also
Richard Rorty Richard McKay Rorty (October 4, 1931 – June 8, 2007) was an American philosopher. Educated at the University of Chicago and Yale University, he had strong interests and training in both the history of philosophy and in contemporary analytic ...
's. In 2004,
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scanned the original Prickly Pear pamphlets into a PDF format and made them freely available for distribution on the Internet."AAA Welcomes Justin Shaffner as Book Review Editor for Digital Book Review Process"
American Anthropological Association.


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