Marking time : on the anthropology of the contemporary / Paul Rabinow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rabinow, Paul.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anthropology--Philosophy.

Contemporary, The.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Legitimacy of the Contemporary

Adjacency

Observation

Vehement Contemporaries

Marking Time: Gerhard Richter

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-145) and index.

ISBN:

9786612086663

9781282086661

1282086669

9781400827992

140082799X

OCLC:

336574785