TY - BOOK AU - Augé,Marc TI - A sense for the other: the timeliness and relevance of anthropology SN - 0804730342 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - GN33 .R4 2013 U1 - 301.01 23 PY - 1998/// CY - Stanford, Calif. PB - Stanford University Press KW - Anthropology KW - Philosophy N1 - Ms. Adity Rahman Shah, Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Law lost this book and paid replacement cost; Includes bibliographical references; TOC; 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; Sociology N2 - 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... UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam028/97026448.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam027/97026448.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0710/97026448-b.html UR - http://www.worldcat.org/title/sense-for-the-other-the-timeliness-and-relevance-of-anthropology/oclc/37245407&referer=brief_results ER -