Excursions

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Travelling to a village in Sierra Leone, a refugee trail in the Pyrenees, a Swedish copper mine, the Shuf mountains of Lebanon, the Swiss Alps, the West African diaspora in southeast London, and his native New Zealand, Jackson explores the contradictions and predicaments of social existence.

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Full title :Excursions / Michael Jackson.

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Publication Date:2007.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Duke University Press
Place of Publication:Durham
Language:eng
Publication Date:2007.

The Physical Object

Description:xxvii, 295 pages ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780822340546, 0822340542, 9780822340751, 0822340755
oclc:ocn123539394
LC Classification:B804
Dewey Decimal:128

Preface: theme and variations -- In the footsteps of Walter Benjamin -- Of time and the river : the interface of history and human lives -- Imagining the powers that be : society versus the state -- On the work of human hands -- Storytelling events, violence, and the appearance of the past -- Migrant imaginaries : with Sewa Koroma in southeast London -- A walk on the wild side : the idea of human nature revisited -- From anxiety to method : a reappraisal -- Despite Babel : an essay on human misunderstanding -- On birth, death, and rebirth -- Quandaries of belonging : home thoughts from abroad -- A critique of colonial reason.

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Aufsatzsammlung Denken Ethnography Etnografie filosofie Filosofische antropologie Filosofische antropologie, godsdienstfi… Intellectual life Intellectual life -- 20th century Intellectualisme Kultur Mensch Philosophical Anthropology, Philosophy … Philosophie Philosophie -- 20e siècle Philosophy Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, Modern -- 20th century Reizen Religie