Response

摘要

I enjoyed reading the responses of Laura McNamara, Robert Gonzalez, Nadje Al-Ali and my mentor and former Anthropology Professor James Peacock. Each of them raises important points with regard to the role that social scientists, particularly anthropologists, should play in helping to prevent, and to a lesser extent, intervene to end ethnic conflicts. Laura McNamara's response was especially helpful in situating the current debates in a historical context.