Existential anthropology : events, exigencies, and effects / Michael Jackson.
Existential anthropology : events, exigencies, and effects / Michael Jackson.
Existential anthropology : events, exigencies, and effects / Michael Jackson.
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Publisher
New York : Berghahn Books, 2004.
Date
2004.
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N128/112
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English
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Physical content
xxxii, 216 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Preface : the struggle for being -- 1. The course of an event -- 2. The space of appearances -- 3. Violence and intersubjective reason -- 4. Custom and conflict in Sierra Leone : an essay on anarchy -- 5. What's in a name? : an essay on the power of words -- 6. Mundane ritual -- 7. Biotechnology and...
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Publisher
New York : Berghahn Books, 2004.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2004.
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"Inspired by existential thought, but using ethnographic methods, Michael Jackson explores a variety of contemporary topics, including 9/11, episodes from the war in Sierra Leone and its aftermath, the marginalization of indigenous Australians, the application of new technologies, mundane forms of ritualization, the magical use of language, the soc...
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Existential anthropology : events, exigencies, and effects / Michael Jackson.
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Methodology and history in anthropology ; vol.11.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-210) and index.
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N128/112
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74VKqjwGmmRb
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ISBN
1571814760 (acid-free paper)
9781571814760 (acid-free paper)
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128
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991020376599702626
