Beyond anthropology
Subtitle: society and the other
By: Bernard McGrane.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
Subjects: Anthropology -- Philosophy -- History; Difference (Philosophy); Ethnocentrism; Social perception -- History; Man (Christian theology)
Description: 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".
Notes: Bibliography: p. 137-144.
Includes index.