Unfinished (eBook, PDF)

The Anthropology of Becoming
Redaktion: Joao Biehl, Biehl

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Produktbeschreibung

This original, field-changing collection explores the plasticity and unfinishedness of human subjects and lifeworlds, advancing the conceptual terrain of an anthropology of becoming. People's becomings trouble and exceed ways of knowing and acting, producing new possibilities for research, methodology, and writing. The contributors creatively bridge ethnography and critical theory in a range of worlds on the edge, from war and its aftermath, economic transformation, racial inequality, and gun violence to religiosity, therapeutic markets, animal rights activism, and abrupt environmental change. Defying totalizing analytical schemes, these visionary essays articulate a human science of the uncertain and unknown and restore a sense of movement and possibility to ethics and political practice. Unfinished invites readers to consider the array of affects, ideas, forces, and objects that shape contemporary modes of existence and future horizons, opening new channels for critical thought and creative expression.Contributors. Lucas Bessire, Joao Biehl, Naisargi N. Dave, Elizabeth A. Davis, Michael M. J. Fischer, Angela Garcia, Peter Locke, Adriana Petryna, Bridget Purcell, Laurence Ralph, Lilia M. Schwarcz

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780822372455
• Artikelnr.: 54673877

Autorenporträt

João Biehl and Peter Locke, editors

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. Unfinished / João Biehl and Peter Locke  ix
Introduction. Ethnographic Sensorium / João Biehl and Peter Locke  1
1. The Anthropology of Becoming / João Biehl and Peter Locke  41
2. Becoming Aggrieved / Laurence Ralph  93
3. Heaven / Angela Garcia  111
4. Rebellious Matter / Bridget Purcell  133
5. Witness / Naisargi N. Dave  151
6. I Was Cannibalized by an Artist / Lilia M. Schwarcz  173
7. On Negative Becoming / Lucas Bessire  197
8. Time Machines / Elizabeth A. Davis  217
9. Horizoning / Adriana Petryna  243
10. Meantime / Peter Locke  269
11. Hereafter / João Biehl  278
Afterword. Zen Exercises: Anthropological Discipline and Ethics / Michael
M. J. Fischer  293
Acknowledgments  317
Bibliography  319
Contributors  353
List of Illustrations  357
Index  359