Time and the work of anthropology: critical essays, 1971-1991 / [Johannes Fabian]

Fabian, Johannes

1991, 1st Edition. Chur, Switzerland; Philadelphia: Harwood Academic Publishers. Very good copy in the original illustrated, paper-covered boards. Spine bands and panel edges slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #354195
ISBN: 3718651793

Physical description: xvii, 299 pages; 26 cm. Contents: Language, history and anthropology [1971] -- Taxonomy and ideology [1975] -- Genres in an emerging tradition [1974] -- Text as terror: second thoughts about charisma [1979] -- Rule and process [1979] -- Six theses regarding the anthropology of African religious movements [1981] -- Missions and the colonization of African languages: developments in the former Belgian Congo [1983] -- Religious and secular colonization [1990] -- How others die -- reflections on the anthropology of death [1972] -- Culture, time, and the object of anthropology [1985] -- Presence and representation [1990] -- Of dogs alive, birds dead, and time to tell a story [1991] -- Dilemmas of critical anthropology [1991]. Subjects: Anthropology Philosophy. Anthropology Methodology.

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