In the third part of this review, the continuation of the analysis of the fundamental themes and key ideas of The Routledge International Handbook of Existential Human Science is presented. The focus of the review is on the key ideas and narratives of the next three chapters of the Handbook, where the anthropological theme of the existentialist approach considers: 1) Poletti S. “(In) dividual lives and existential narratives”; 2) Kneubuhler M. “The loss of singular existence and personal experience. The problem of interchangeability in the social sciences”; 3) Heiss Ja.P. “An empirical approach to studying human existence”. The choice to present and analyze these particular essays for our third review is based on the desire to reveal “the effects of the anthropologist”, consisting of the fact that the anthropologist lives for a long time among different communities and becomes imbued with their meanings, aspirations, and the meanings of actions; sometimes particularly cynical wags instead of the term “effect” use the word “defect” – and a new definition emerges: “the anthropologist's defect”. In our opinion, the review of the three essays on the topic of anthropological existentialism will allow us to separate the “effects” from the “defects” in this field based on the key statements of world-class anthro pologists.
existential anthropological approach; “effects” and “defects” of the anthropologist; components of singularity and subjec tivity in social theory; contexts of coherence and consistency in the ex istential anthropological approach.