Anthropos today: reflections on modern equipment
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Main Author: Rabinow, Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press ©2003
Series:In-formation series
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-152) and indexes
Introduction: Ethos, Logos, and Pathos -- - Midst Anthropology's Problems -- - Method -- - Object; Chapter 4 Mode -- - Form -- - Discontents and Consolations -- - Demons and Durcharbeiten -- - Conclusion: From Progress to Motion
The discipline of anthropology is, at its best, characterized by turbulence, self-examination, and inventiveness. In recent decades, new thinking and practice within the field has certainly reflected this pattern, as shown for example by numerous fruitful ventures into the "politics and poetics" of anthropology. Surprisingly little attention, however, has been given to the simple insight that anthropology is composed of claims, whether tacit or explicit, about anthropos and about logos--and the myriad ways in which these two Greek nouns have been, might be, and should be, connected. Today represents a pathbreaking effort to fill this gap
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 159 pages)
ISBN:1400825903
9780691115665
9781400825905

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