Abstract This commentary explores the assets and liabilities of anthropology for the study of core functions of statehood (such as taxation) that increasingly become a matter of transnational negotiation and norm-making. It takes issue with some anthropologists’ counter-hegemonic self-positioning, calling upon anthropologists to think harder about the conditions and challenges of studying highly formalized expert knowledge and the epistemological reflection this requires.

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评论：民族志、批判和国家。关于“当代国家核心的财政人类学洞察”的一些思考1

摘要 本评论探讨了人类学的资产和负债，以研究国家的核心功能（例如税收），这些功能越来越成为跨国谈判和规范制定的问题。对一些人类学家反霸权的自我定位提出质疑，呼吁人类学家更深入地思考研究高度形式化的专家知识的条件和挑战，以及这需要的认识论反思。