A sense for the other : the timeliness and relevance of anthropology /
Augé, Marc.
A sense for the other : the timeliness and relevance of anthropology / Marc Augé ; translated by Amy Jacobs. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1998. - xvi, 135 p. ; 23 cm. - Mestizo spaces. .
Ms. Adity Rahman Shah, Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Law lost this book and paid replacement cost.
Includes bibliographical references..
1. Who Is the Other? --
2. Others and Their Meaning --
3. The Proximal Other, or The Other Next Door --
4. The Others' Norm --
5. Knowledge and Recognition: Anthropology's Meaning and End --
6. The Conquest of Space --
Conclusion: A Changed World, a Changed Object. TOC
Summary:
This book outlines an approach to anthropology that focuses on negotiating the social meanings we and others use in making sense of the world, and on the processes of identification that create the difference between same and other. Why trace a line of demarcation between societies thought to warrant and require anthropological observation and others (namely, our own) thought to demand a different type of study? Read more...
0804730342 (cloth : alk. paper) 0804730350 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780804730341
Anthropology--Philosophy.
Anthropology.
GN33 / .R4 2013
301.01 / AUS 1998
A sense for the other : the timeliness and relevance of anthropology / Marc Augé ; translated by Amy Jacobs. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1998. - xvi, 135 p. ; 23 cm. - Mestizo spaces. .
Ms. Adity Rahman Shah, Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Law lost this book and paid replacement cost.
Includes bibliographical references..
1. Who Is the Other? --
2. Others and Their Meaning --
3. The Proximal Other, or The Other Next Door --
4. The Others' Norm --
5. Knowledge and Recognition: Anthropology's Meaning and End --
6. The Conquest of Space --
Conclusion: A Changed World, a Changed Object. TOC
Summary:
This book outlines an approach to anthropology that focuses on negotiating the social meanings we and others use in making sense of the world, and on the processes of identification that create the difference between same and other. Why trace a line of demarcation between societies thought to warrant and require anthropological observation and others (namely, our own) thought to demand a different type of study? Read more...
0804730342 (cloth : alk. paper) 0804730350 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780804730341
Anthropology--Philosophy.
Anthropology.
GN33 / .R4 2013
301.01 / AUS 1998