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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827122003321

Autore

Jackson Michael

Titolo

Between One and One Another / / Michael Jackson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

1-283-36975-3

9786613369758

0-520-95191-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Disciplina

128

Soggetti

Philosophical anthropology

Ethnopsychology

Intersubjectivity

Self-perception

Other minds (Theory of knowledge)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- 1. Preamble -- 2. The Philosopher Who Would Not Be King -- 3. Hermit in the Water of Life -- 4. Writing Workshop -- 5. How Much Home Does a Person Need? -- 6. Clearings in the Bush -- 7. The Gulf of Corinth -- 8. It's Other People Who Are My Old Age -- 9. Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear -- 10. I Am an Other -- 11. Yonder -- 12. Reading Siddhartha to Freya at Forest Lake -- 13. On the Work and Writing of Ethnography -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Michael Jackson extends his path-breaking work in existential anthropology by focusing on the interplay between two modes of human existence: that of participating in other peoples' lives and that of turning inward to one's self. Grounding his discussion in the subtle shifts between being acted upon and taking action, Jackson shows how the historical complexities and particularities found in human interactions reveal the dilemmas, conflicts, cares, and concerns that shape all of our lives. Through portraits of individuals encountered in



the course of his travels, including friends and family, and anthropological fieldwork pursued over many years in such places as Sierra Leone and Australia, Jackson explores variations on this theme. As he describes the ways we address and negotiate the vexed relationships between "I" and "we"-the one and the many-he is also led to consider the place of thought in human life.