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Thomas Yarrow (Ed.) - Detachment: Essays on the limits of relational thinking - 9780719096853 - V9780719096853
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Detachment: Essays on the limits of relational thinking

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Description for Detachment: Essays on the limits of relational thinking Hardcover. An exciting and cutting-edge volume of essays, which collectively and singularly aim to challenge the conventions of connectivity and relationality in social theory and description through a serious and crucially ethnographic reflection on the category of 'detachment' Editor(s): Yarrow, Thomas; Candea, Matei; Trundle, Catherine; Cook, Jo. Num Pages: 264 pages. Dimension: 281 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 606.
This interdisciplinary volume questions one of the most fundamental tenets of social theory by focusing on detachment, an important but neglected aspect of social life. Going against the grain of recent theoretical celebrations of engagement, this book challenges us to re-think the relational basis of social theory. In so, doing it brings to light the productive aspects of disconnection, distance and detachment. Rather than treating detachment simply as the moral inversion of compassion and engagement, the volume brings together empirical studies and theoretical comments by leading anthropologists, sociologists and science studies scholars. Taken together, these illustrate the range of contexts ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719096853
SKU
V9780719096853
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About Thomas Yarrow (Ed.)
Matei Candea is Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge Jo Cook is Lecturer in Anthropology at University College London Catherine Trundle is Lecturer in Cultural Anthropology at Victoria University of Wellington Tom Yarrow is Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at Durham University -- .

Reviews for Detachment: Essays on the limits of relational thinking
'By now detachment has been thoroughly dethroned as a general ideal for modern subjects. This makes it possible for the authors assembled in this compelling volume to present subtle, detailed explorations of practices of detachment in different contexts -from pig farming in Britain to monastery life in Tibet. Like attaching, detaching, too, emerges as an art that is situationally worthwhile, ... Read more

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