Jackson Excursions

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9064-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 324 Seiten

Philosophical meditations on a series of journeys the author has taken to various places around the world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jackson, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vii

Preface: theme and variations ix

1. In the Footsteps of Walter Benjamin 1

2. Of Time and the River: the interface of history and human lives 22

3. Imagining the Powers That Be: society versus the state 40

4. On the Work of Human Hands 61

5. Storytelling Events, Violence, and the Appearance of the Past 80

6. Migrant Imaginaries: with Sewa Koroma in southeast London 102

7. A Walk on the Wild Side: the idea of human nature revisited 135

8. From Anxiety to Method: a reappraisal 154

9. Despite Babel: an essay on human misunderstanding 174

10. On Birth, Death, and Rebirth 192

11. Quandaries of Belonging: home thoughts from abroad 216

12. A Critique of Colonial Reason 233

Notes 257

References 271

Index 289

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Jackson is Distinguished Visiting Professor in World Religions at Harvard Divinity School. His many books of anthropology include Existential Anthropology: Events, Exigencies, and Effects; In Sierra Leone; and At Home in the World. The latter two are both also published by Duke University Press. He is the author of The Accidental Anthropologist: A Memoir; six books of poetry including, most recently, Dead Reckoning; and two novels.