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Time and the Other: How Anthropology Makes Its Object
Johannes Fabian
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Description for Time and the Other: How Anthropology Makes Its Object
Paperback. This work is a critique of the notions that anthropologists are "here and now", their objects of study are "there and then" and that the "other" exists in a time not contemporary with our own. Num Pages: 205 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
Fabian's study is a classic in the field that changed the way anthropologists relate to their subjects and is of immense value not only to anthropologists but to all those concerned with the study of man. A new foreward by Matti Bunzl brings the influence of Fabian's study up to the present. Time and the Other is a critique of the notions that anthropologists are "here and now," their objects of study are "there and then," and that the "other" exists in a time not contemporary with our own.
Fabian's study is a classic in the field that changed the way anthropologists relate to their subjects and is of immense value not only to anthropologists but to all those concerned with the study of man. A new foreward by Matti Bunzl brings the influence of Fabian's study up to the present. Time and the Other is a critique of the notions that anthropologists are "here and now," their objects of study are "there and then," and that the "other" exists in a time not contemporary with our own.
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
205
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Weight
354g
Number of Pages
205
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231125772
SKU
V9780231125772
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About Johannes Fabian
Johannes Fabian is professor of cultural anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. Matti Bunzl is professor of anthropology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Reviews for Time and the Other: How Anthropology Makes Its Object
Delivers a radical epistemological critique of anthropological writing.
George Marcus
George Marcus