Transcendent Individual: Essays Toward a Literary and Liberal Anthropology

by Nigel Rapport

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Transcendent Individual argues for a reappraisal of the place of the individual in anthropolgical theory and ethnographic writing. A wealth of voices illustrate and inform the text, showing ways in which individuals creatively 'write', narrate and animate cultural and social life. This is an anthropology imbued with a liberal morality which is willing to make value judgements over and against culture in favour of individuality.
Rapport draws widely...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0415169674

ISBN13:9780415169677

Release Date:October 1997

Publisher:Routledge

Length:232 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Related Subjects

Anthropology Cultural Education & Reference Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics

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