Life : a critical user's manual / Didier Fassin.
Life : a critical user's manual / Didier Fassin.
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Publisher
Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2018.
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G 2018/4356
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English
German
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Physical content
xiv, 159 pages ; 22 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preamble: Minima Theoria -- Chapter I. Forms of Life -- Chapter II. Ethics of Life -- Chapter III. Politics of Life -- Conclusion: Unequal Lives -- Notes -- References.
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Publisher
Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2018.
Edition
English edition.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
"How can we think of life in its dual expression, matter and experience? In this book, distinguished anthropologist Didier Fassin draws on fieldwork from three continents and the ideas of Wittgenstein, Benjamin and Foucault to offer a distinctive view of the nature and meaning of human life today, one that emphasizes the idea of unequal lives"-- Pr...
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Life : a critical user's manual / Didier Fassin.
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Translation of: Das Leben : eine kritische Gebrauchsanweisung. Berlin : Suhrkamp Verlag, 2017.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-153) and index.
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G 2018/4356
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74VKVANLNma3
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ISBN
1509526684 electronic book
9781509526642 hardcover
1509526641 hardcover
9781509526659 paperback
150952665X paperback
9781509526680 electronic book
DDC
113.8
MMS ID
991024176083802626
