Existential Anthropology: Events, Exigencies, and Effects (Methodology & History in Anthropology, 11) de Jackson, Michael - 2005-06-01

Paperback. Very Good.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; ".what is truly worthwhile in this loose grouping of essays is the ethnographic examples. Powerfully presented, beautifully written (the final three pages of the book offer poignantly evocative description of ethnography as a way o

Paperback / softback. New.

Berghahn Books, 2005. Paperback. New. 216 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.

Berghahn Books. New. Special order direct from the distributor

New York : Berghahn Books , 2005. 1st edition. Softcover. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xxxii, 216 pages; 24 cm. Summary: Throughout this compelling work, Jackson demonstrates that existentialism, far from being a philosophy of individual being, enables us to explore issues of social existence and coexistence in new ways, and to theorize events as the sites of a dynamic interplay between the finite possibilities of the situations in which human beings find themselves and the capacities they possess for creating viable forms of social life.� Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-210) and index. Contents: Preface: The stuggle for being -- The course of an event -- The space of appearances -- Violence and intersubjective reason -- Custom and conflict in Sierra Leone: an essay on anarchy --… Leer más

Berghahn Books, 2005-06-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!