Anthropological Futures

Informationen zum Autor Michael M. J. Fischer Klappentext Rethinks the philosophical foundations for an anthropology of science and technology. Zusammenfassung A leading anthropological theorist investigates how emerging knowledge formations in molecular biology, environmental studies, computer science, and bioengineering are transforming some of anthropology s key concepts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue ix 1. Culture and Cultural Analysis as Experimental Systems 1 2. Four Cultural Genealogies (or Haplotype Genealogical Tests) for a Recombinant Anthropology of Science and Technology 51 3. Emergent Forms of (Un)Natural Life 114 4. Body Marks (Bestial/Natural/Divine): An Essay on the Social and Biotechnical Imaginaries, 1920-2008, and Bodies to Come 159 5. Personhood and Measuring the Figure of Old Age: The Geoid as Transitional Object 197 6. Ask Not What Man Is But What We May Expect of Him 215 Conclusions and Way Ahead: Cosmopolitanism, Cosmopolitics, and Anthropological Futures 235 Epilogue: Postings from Anthropologies to Come 244 Notes 273 References 331 Index 379

Product details

• Authors: Michael Fischer, Michael M J Fischer, Michael M. J. Fischer
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.09.2009
• EAN: 9780822344766
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-4476-6
• No. of pages: 424
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 236 mm x 26 mm
• Series: Experimental Futures; Experimental Futures: Technolo; Experimental Futures; Experimental Futures: Technolo
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories