Beyond Anthropology: Society and the Other

by Bernard McGrane

Book Overview

This study analyzes the manner in which the perception of human difference has changed from the time of the Renaissance to the 20th century. Building on the insights of Foucault and Garfinkel, it charts how humanity has become contained within the anthropological concept of the Other.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231066856
• ISBN13: 9780231066853
• Release Date: April 1989
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Not just for anthropologists

Simply put, this is the single most devastating, incredible, challenging, revolutionary, terrifying, haunting, beautiful, and rewarding book i've read (... again and again and again). It's repeatedly forced me to reassess everything i've thought i've "known," and deepened my analysis of both knowledge itself and knowledge's nature. At the same time, it's made me a little crazy and robbed me of the great faith i once had in academics (in other words, if you're working on a degree, you may want to read this *after* graduation). The fact that it's out of print prompts me to seriously question the nature of the publishing industry as well, actually - it seems truly a crime against the progress of learning that more people don't get to read this extraordinary work.