Designs For An Anthropology Of The Contemporary

by Rabinow, Paul; Marcus, George E.; Faubion, James D.; Rees, Tobias

• ISBN13: 9780822343349
• ISBN10: 0822343347
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-12-01
• Publisher: Duke Univ Pr

Summary

"What an interchange! While these fascinating conversations make much work of the concept of the 'contemporary, ' it is how one might 'design' anthropology that drives them. And by the end it is 'anthropology' that emerges from its own history, from its fortunes and misfortunes, as a fresh instrument of education. The search for renewal is neither here nor there; an act of renewal is another matter altogether. The enthusiasm of these thinkers is wrought through dialogue at once collaborative and agonistic, setting a standard of reflection that creates its own present tense."--Marilyn Strathern, University of Cambridge

Table of Contents

Introduction

Anthropology in Motion

After Writing Culture

Anthropology Today

The Anthropology of the Contemporary

In Search of (New) Norms and Forms

Of Timing and Texts

Designs for an Anthropology of the Contemporary

Afterword

Notes

Index

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