A sense for the other : the timeliness and relevance of anthropology / Marc Augé ; translated by Amy Jacobs.

By: Augé, Marc Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Mestizo spacesPublication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1998. Description: xvi, 135 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 0804730342 (cloth : alk. paper); 0804730350 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780804730341Uniform titles: Sens des autres. Subject(s): Anthropology -- Philosophy | AnthropologyDDC classification: 301.01 LOC classification: GN33 | .R4 2013Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents | Contributor biographical information | WorldCat details

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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...

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Reserve Section	Non-fiction	301.01 AUS 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1	Not For Loan	Ms. Adity Rahman Shah, Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Law lost this book and paid replacament cost.		26381

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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.

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...

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