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An Anthropological Trompe l'Oeil for a Common World
Alberto Corsin Jimenez
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Hardcover. Incorporating analytical frameworks from scientific studies, ethnography, and political and economic theory, this book charts an itinerary for an internal anthropology of theorizing. It suggests that many of the effects that social theory uses today to produce insights are the legacy of baroque epistemological tricks. Series: Ethnography, Theory, Experiment. Num Pages: 176 pages, 6 figs & ills. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
Our political age is characterized by forms of description as ‘big’ as the world itself: talk of ‘public knowledge’ and ‘public goods,’ ‘the commons’ or ‘global justice’ create an exigency for modes of governance that leave little room for smallness itself. Rather than question the politics of adjudication between the big and the small, this book inquires instead into the cultural epistemology fueling the aggrandizement and miniaturization of description itself. Incorporating analytical frameworks from science studies, ethnography, and political and economic theory, this book charts an itinerary for an internal anthropology of theorizing. It suggests that many of the ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Series
Ethnography, Theory, Experiment
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857459114
SKU
V9780857459114
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About Alberto Corsin Jimenez
Alberto Corsín Jiménez is an Associate Professor at the Spanish National Research Council in Madrid. He is the editor of Culture and Well-Being: Anthropological Approaches to Freedom and Political Ethics (Pluto, 2008) and The Anthropology of Organisations (Ashgate, 2007). His current work examines the rise of an urban commons movement and the development of open-source urban hardware projects by architects, ... Read more
Reviews for An Anthropological Trompe l'Oeil for a Common World
“This is a brilliant, extraordinarily learned, innovative, thought-provoking, and invaluable exploration into contemporary practices of knowledge-making…. It explores key elements in early modern political philosophy with zest and insight—and explores the ways, sites, and practices within which such key elements of perception…figure in contemporary social analysis.” · Don Brenneis, University of California, Santa Cruz “…a daring, well-written and ... Read more