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I am dynamite : an alternative anthropology of power / Nigel Rapport.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rapport, Nigel, 1956-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Individualism.
- Philosophical anthropology.
- Individualism--Case studies.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
- Summary:
- "I Am Dynamite" ignites an alternative theory of the self and will, wrapped up in a combustible assault upon scholarly convention. Asking why the real effort of constructing and living within an identity is so often overlooked, it examines the subjective experience of existing in the world, with the power to define and transform oneself. Considering the trials and triumphs of five very different modern subjects--Primo Levi, Ben Glaser, Stanley Spencer, Rachel Silberstein and Friedrich Nietzsche--Nigel Rapport asks: can consciousness of being a self in the world enable control over one's life within it? Calling for a renewed appreciation of the extraordinary within us all, this richly inventive work seeks to restore knowledge to its essential practical and moral aims--aiding and informing the lives we actually live.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415258634
- OCLC:
- 51210572
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