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The Accompaniment
Paul Rabinow
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Description for The Accompaniment
Hardcover. Concluding his search for anthropological concepts and practices appropriate to the twenty-first century, the author contends that to make sense of the contemporary anthropologists must invent new forms of inquiry. He begins with an extended rumination on what he gained from two of his formative mentors: Michel Foucault and Clifford Geertz. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
In this culmination of his search for anthropological concepts and practices appropriate to the twenty-first century, Paul Rabinow contends that to make sense of the contemporary anthropologists must invent new forms of inquiry. He begins with an extended rumination on what he gained from two of his formative mentors: Michel Foucault and Clifford Geertz. Reflecting on their lives as teachers and thinkers, as well as human beings, he poses questions about their critical limitations, their unfulfilled hopes, and the lessons he learned from and with them. This spirit of collaboration animates "The Accompaniment", as Rabinow assesses the last ten years ... Read more
In this culmination of his search for anthropological concepts and practices appropriate to the twenty-first century, Paul Rabinow contends that to make sense of the contemporary anthropologists must invent new forms of inquiry. He begins with an extended rumination on what he gained from two of his formative mentors: Michel Foucault and Clifford Geertz. Reflecting on their lives as teachers and thinkers, as well as human beings, he poses questions about their critical limitations, their unfulfilled hopes, and the lessons he learned from and with them. This spirit of collaboration animates "The Accompaniment", as Rabinow assesses the last ten years ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226701691
SKU
V9780226701691
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About Paul Rabinow
Paul Rabinow is professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of numerous books, including Marking Time: On the Anthropology of the Contemporary, Anthropos Today: Reflections on Modern Equipment, and French DNA: Trouble in Purgatory.
Reviews for The Accompaniment
"Sophisticated, historically and philosophically grounded, and engaging, Rabinow's vision of what anthropology might be provides food for thought and deserves careful consideration and debate." (Richard Price, College of William and Mary)"