Marking time [[electronic resource] ] : on the anthropology of the contemporary / / Paul Rabinow

• Autore: Rabinow Paul
• Pubblicazione: Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2008
• Edizione: Course Book
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (165 p.)
• Disciplina: 301.01
• Soggetto topico: Anthropology - Philosophy; Contemporary, The
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-145) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Legitimacy of the Contemporary -- Adjacency -- Observation -- Vehement Contemporaries -- Marking Time: Gerhard Richter -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Marking time
• ISBN: 1-282-08666-9; 9786612086663; 1-4008-2799-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910172217703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II