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Paper short abstract:

In many of his works, Kuper’s discursive strategy is often a deconstructivist one, when paradoxically he is no relativist. I unveil Kuper’s political 'weltanschauung' by examining his most general and even naive book, 'The Chosen Primate'.

Paper long abstract:

From at least : "The invention of Primitive Society" to "Culture, the

Anthropological Account", Adam Kuper's litterary production has taken a political stand : The illusion of primitivism, the reactionnary effect of the concept of culture, the critical remarks on the way the

categorie of indigenous people is build and so on, as the last "More return of the Native" (CA, vol.47, feb.2006) offers a new example.

At this point, we must notice that the discursive stategy of Kuper

texts, is often a deconstructivist one, when paradoxally he is not at all a relativist.

I will therefore try to unvelt what could be the political "weltanschauung" of Kuper and doing so through the examination of his most general and even naïve book : the Chosen Primate.