Designs on the Contemporary - Anthropological Tests

Drawing on the conceptual repertoires of Weber, Foucault, and Dewey, among others, the authors reflect on and experiment with how to give form to anthropological inquiry and its aftermath, with special attention to the ethical formation and ramifications of this mode of engagement.

About the author

Paul Rabinow is professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. Anthony Stavrianakis received his PhD in anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. Together they are coauthors of Demands of the Day, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Summary

Drawing on the conceptual repertoires of Weber, Foucault, and Dewey, among others, the authors reflect on and experiment with how to give form to anthropological inquiry and its aftermath, with special attention to the ethical formation and ramifications of this mode of engagement.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Rabinow, Paul Stavrianakis Rabinow, Rabinow Paul, Anthony Stavrianakis, Stavrianakis Anthony
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.05.2014
• EAN: 9780226138336
• ISBN: 978-0-226-13833-6
• No. of pages: 180
• Series: Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General