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Marking Time: On the Anthropology of the Contemporary

By Paul Rabinow

Book information

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2007
ISBN
069113362X, 9780691133621
Open Library ID
OL11182991M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
769 kB (787395 bytes)
Pages
176\166
Time added
2011-04-28 18:43:47

Description

In Marking Time , Paul Rabinow presents his most recent reflections on the anthropology of the contemporary. Drawing richly on the work of Michel Foucault, John Dewey, Niklas Luhmann, and, most interestingly, German painter Gerhard Richter, Rabinow offers a set of conceptual tools for scholars examining cutting-edge practices in the life sciences, security, new media and art practices, and other emergent phenomena. Taking up topics that include bioethics, anger and competition among molecular biologists, the lessons of the Drosophila genome, the nature of ethnographic observation in radically new settings, and the moral landscape shared by scientists and anthropologists, Rabinow shows how anthropology remains relevant to contemporary debates. By turning abstract philosophical problems into real-world explorations and offering original insights, Marking Time is a landmark contribution to the continuing re-invention of anthropology and the human sciences.

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