Theoretical anthropology or how to observe a human being / Albert Piette.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Piette, Albert, 1960- author.

Series:

Science, society and new technologies series. Research, innovative theories and methods in social sciences and humanities set ; Volume 1.

Science, society and new technologies series ; Volume 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anthropology--Philosophy.

Anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, UK : ISTE Ltd. ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2019.

Summary:

It may seem obvious that the human being has always been present in anthropology. This book, however, reveals that he has never really been a part of it. Theoretical Anthropology or How to Observe a Human Being establishes the foundations and conditions, both theoretical and methodological, which make it possible to consider the human being as a topic of observation and analysis, for himself as an entity, and not in the perspective of understanding social and cultural phenomena. In debate with both anthropologists and philosophers, this book describes and analyzes the human being as a "volume". To this end, a specific lexicon is built around the notions of volume, volumography and volumology. These notions are further illustrated and enriched by several drawings.

Contents:

Cover

Half-Title Page

Dedication

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface: The Quest of Anthropologicality

Introduction: The Common Thread of this Book: The Anthropological Reversal

1. Theory: Observing the Human Volume

1.1. Volume and voluments

1.2. The entirety of a volume and the density of presence

1.3. Difference and separation

1.4. Volumuation and continuity

1.5. Lessereity

2. Illustrating: Drawings of Theory

2.1. Drawings and contraspective

2.2. Focusing on the human figure

2.2.1. Putting into perspective

2.2.2. Separation

2.2.3. Focusing on the volume

2.2.4. Rays

2.2.5. Voluments

2.2.6. Consistency and style

2.2.7. Volugrams

2.2.8. Peripheral gestures, presence and absence

3. Debates: Anthropology and the Human Entity

3.1. Experience and existence

3.2. Going beyond, wrenching and eccentricity

3.3. Lines and flow

3.4. Intersubjectivity

3.5. Perspections of the individual

4. Further Development: Structural Existantism

4.1. Lévi-Strauss and the difficult ambition of anthropology

4.2. A structural approach and the human volume

Conclusion: Art as a Paradigm for Anthropology

Bibliography

Index

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Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781119618294

1119618290

9781119618317

1119618312

9781119618348

1119618347

OCLC:

1099526275