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Unconsolable Contemporary

Hardcover • 2017 • 1. edition

Unconsolable Contemporary

By Paul Rabinow

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About the book

In Unconsolable Contemporary Paul Rabinow continues his explorations of "a philosophic anthropology of the contemporary." Defining the contemporary as a moving ratio in which the modern becomes historical, Rabinow shows how an anthropological ethos of the contemporary can be realized by drawing on the work of art historians, cultural critics, social theorists, and others, thereby inventing a methodology he calls anthropological assemblage. He focuses on the work and persona of German painter Ger...Show more

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9780822369967

Publisher

Duke University Press

Published year

2017

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1

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Unconsolable Contemporary

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Hardcover

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