Time and the Other: How Anthropology Makes Its Object
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Book Overview
Johannes Fabian takes an historical look at anthropology to demonstrate the emergence, transformation, and differentiation of uses of Time. Anthropological theory, from its beginnings in philosophy and linguistics, has provided Western thought and politics with deep-rooted images and convictions amounting to a kind of political cosmology. The anthropologists are 'here and now, ' the objects of their discourse are 'there and then, ' and the existence...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0231055919
ISBN13:9780231055918
Release Date:January 1983
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Length:205 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.8" x 8.9"
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Not a thriller, but a foundation of modern anthropology
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
A lot of the critique of how anthropologists "make their object" in the 80s and 90s can be traced back to some of the ideas in this book. It is a profoundly important analysis of how time is manipulated in such a way as to create a boundary between "them" and "us." As the other reviewer says, it is not an easy read, but I don't think you can really know the history of recent anthropological theory without giving this book some of your attention.
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