ISBN:
9780226701714
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0226701719
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (245 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Rabinow, Paul Accompaniment : Assembling the Contemporary
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Hyman, Paul Geertz, Clifford
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Hyman, Paul
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Geertz, Clifford
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Hyman, Paul
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Hyman, Paul
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Geertz, Clifford
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Anthropology United States
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Interdisciplinary research United States
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Anthropology
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Interdisciplinary research
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Anthropology
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Interdisciplinary research
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Anthropology United States
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Interdisciplinary research United States
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Social Science United States
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Anthropology
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Interdisciplinary research
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; General
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Regional Studies
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology ; General
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United States
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Electronic books
Abstract:
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, unfulfilled hopes, and the lessons he learned from and with them. This spirit of collaboration animates The Accom
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-231) and index. - Print version record
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