A sense for the other
the timeliness and relevance of anthropology
by Marc Augé
This book outlines an approach to anthropology that focuses on negotiating the social meanings we and others use in making sense of the world, and on the processes of identification that create the difference between same and other. Why trace a line of demarcation between societies thought to warrant and require anthropological observation and others (namely, our own) thought to demand a different type of study?
Once anthropology, through its study of rites, takes social meaning as its principal object, the necessity for a "generalized anthropology" that includes the entire planet seems obvious, especially in view of the rapid proliferation of new networks of communication and the integration of individuals into those networks.
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A sense for the other: the timeliness and relevance of anthropology
1998, Stanford University Press
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]-135).
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