Science, Reason, Modernity: Readings for an Anthropology of the Contemporary

Book Overview

Science, Reason, Modernity: Readings for an Anthropology of the Contemporary provides an introduction to a legacy of philosophical and social scientific thinking about sciences and their integral role in shaping modernities, a legacy that has contributed to a specifically anthropological form of inquiry. Anthropology, in this case, refers not only to the institutional boundaries of an academic discipline but also to a mode of conceptualizing and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823265943
• ISBN13: 9780823265947
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.8"