Unfinished : the anthropology of becoming / João Biehl and Peter Locke, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Biehl, João Guilherme, editor.

Locke, Peter Andrew, 1979- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Philosophy.

Ethnology.

Anthropology--Philosophy.

Anthropology.

Critical theory.

Ethnosociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 pages)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2017.

Summary:

This original, field-changing collection explores the plasticity and unfinishedness of human subjects and lifeworlds, advancing the conceptual terrain of an anthropology of becoming. People's becomings trouble and exceed ways of knowing and acting, producing new possibilities for research, methodology, and writing. The contributors creatively bridge ethnography and critical theory in a range of worlds on the edge, from war and its aftermath, economic transformation, racial inequality, and gun violence to religiosity, therapeutic markets, animal rights activism, and abrupt environmental change. Defying totalizing analytical schemes, these visionary essays articulate a human science of the uncertain and unknown and restore a sense of movement and possibility to ethics and political practice. Unfinished invites readers to consider the array of affects, ideas, forces, and objects that shape contemporary modes of existence and future horizons, opening new channels for critical thought and creative expression.Contributors. Lucas Bessire, João Biehl, Naisargi N. Dave, Elizabeth A. Davis, Michael M. J. Fischer, Angela Garcia, Peter Locke, Adriana Petryna, Bridget Purcell, Laurence Ralph, Lilia M. Schwarcz

Contents:

Foreword: Unfinished / João Biehl and Peter Locke

Introduction: Ethnographic sensorium / João Biehl and Peter Locke

The anthropology of becoming / João Biehl and Peter Locke

Becoming aggrieved: an alternative framework of care in black Chicago / Laurence Ralph

Heaven / Angela Garcia

Rebellious matter: the poetics of ritual space in a Turko-Syrian border town / Bridget Purcell

Witness: humans, animals, and the politics of becoming / Naisargi N. Dave

I was cannibalized by an artist: Adriana Varejão or art as flux / Lilia M. Schwarcz

On negative becoming / Lucas Bessire

Time machines: the matter of the missing in Cyprus / Elizabeth A. Davis

Horizoning: the work of projection in abrupt climate change / Adriana Petryna

Meantime / Peter Locke

Hereafter / João Biehl

Afterword. Zen exercises: anthropological discipline and ethics / Michael M. J. Fischer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780822372455

0822372452

OCLC:

1142952910