LEADER 04032nam 2200613uu 450 001 9910764185103321 005 20231212214205.0 010 $a1-282-08703-7 010 $a9786612087035 010 $a1-4008-2590-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400825905 035 $a(VaAlASP)1745358 035 $a(CKB)4940000000541334 035 $a(OCoLC)362858753 035 $a(VaAlASP)ASP1745358/anto 035 $a(EXLCZ)994940000000541334 100 $a20230112d2003 || | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAnthropos Today: Reflections on Modern Equipment /$fby Paul Rabinow 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, NJ $cPrinceton University Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (173 p.) 225 0 $aIn-Formation Series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-11565-6 311 $a0-691-11566-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [149]-152) and indexes. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction. Modern Equipment -- $tChapter 1. Midst Anthropology's Problems -- $tChapter 2. Method -- $tChapter 3. Object -- $tChapter 4. Mode -- $tChapter 5. Form -- $tChapter 6. Discontents and Consolations -- $tChapter 7. Demons and Durcharbeiten -- $tConclusion. From Progress to Motion -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex of Selected Names -- $tIndex of Concepts 330 $aThe discipline of anthropology is, at its best, characterized by turbulence, self-examination, and inventiveness. In recent decades, new thinking and practice within the field has certainly reflected this pattern, as shown for example by numerous fruitful ventures into the "politics and poetics" of anthropology. Surprisingly little attention, however, has been given to the simple insight that anthropology is composed of claims, whether tacit or explicit, about anthropos and about logos--and the myriad ways in which these two Greek nouns have been, might be, and should be, connected. Anthropos Today represents a pathbreaking effort to fill this gap. Paul Rabinow brings together years of distinguished work in this magisterial volume that seeks to reinvigorate the human sciences. Specifically, he assembles a set of conceptual tools--"modern equipment"--to assess how intellectual work is currently conducted and how it might change. Anthropos Today crystallizes Rabinow's previous ethnographic inquiries into the production of truth about life in the world of biotechnology and genome mapping (and his invention of new ways of practicing this pursuit), and his findings on how new practices of life, labor, and language have emerged and been institutionalized. Here, Rabinow steps back from empirical research in order to reflect on the conceptual and ethical resources available today to conduct such inquiries. Drawing richly on Foucault and many other thinkers including Weber and Dewey, Rabinow concludes that a "contingent practice" must be developed that focuses on "events of problematization." Brilliantly synthesizing insights from American, French, and German traditions, he offers a lucid, deeply learned, original discussion of how one might best think about anthropos today. 410 0$aIn-formation series. 606 $aSocial Sciences -- Anthropology -- Cultural anthropology 606 $aPhilosophy 606 $aAnthropology -- Ethnographic methodology 606 $aAnthropology 608 $aGeneral reference 610 $aCulture. 615 4$aSocial Sciences -- Anthropology -- Cultural anthropology. 615 4$aPhilosophy. 615 4$aAnthropology -- Ethnographic methodology. 615 4$aAnthropology. 676 $a301/.01 700 $aRabinow$b Paul$0185568 702 $aRabinow$b Paul$4ctb 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910764185103321 996 $aAnthropos today$91942402 997 $aUNINA