Transcendent Individual

Rapport, Nigel

ISBN 10: 0415169674 / ISBN 13: 9780415169677

Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd, 1997

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Rapport argues that anthropology should demonstrate a commitment to a liberal agenda through a reappraisal of the place of the individual in anthropological theorizing and ethnographic writing. This work also argues for a social-scientific appreciation of the individual as methodological, moral, pragmatic and aesthetic subject. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318. . 1997. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Transcendent Individual
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415169674
• ISBN 13: 9780415169677
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Transcendent Individual argues for a reappraisal of the place of the individual in anthropolgical theory and ethnographic writing. A wealth of voices illustrate and inform the text, showing ways in which individuals creatively 'write', narrate and animate cultural and social life. This is an anthropology imbued with a liberal morality which is willing to make value judgements over and against culture in favour of individuality.
Rapport draws widely on ethnographic and theoretic materials bringing into the debate a range of voices, among them Nietzsche, Wilde, George Steiner, Richard Rorty, John Berger and Anthony Cohen. In doing so he approaches individuality in terms of a range of issues: biological integrity, consciousness, agency, democracy, discourse, globalism, knowledge and play.

About the Author

Nigel Rapport