doctoral_advisor birth_place influences name field work_institutions birth_date article_title citizenship alma_mater
clifford geertz florida , united states michel foucault , richard mckeon paul rabinow cultural anthropology university of california , berkeley 21 june 1944 paul rabinow
 american university of chicago
paul rabinow

paul rabinow -lrb- born june 21 , 1944 -rrb- is professor of anthropology at the university of california -lrb- berkeley -rrb- , director of the anthropology of the contemporary research collaboratory -lrb- arc -rrb- , and former director of human practices for the synthetic biology engineering research center -lrb- synberc -rrb- .
he is perhaps most famous for his widely influential commentary and expertise on the french philosopher michel foucault .
his major works include `` reflections on fieldwork in morocco '' -lrb- 1977 and 2007 -rrb- , `` michel foucault : beyond structuralism and hermeneutics '' -lrb- 1983 -rrb- -lrb- with hubert dreyfus -rrb- , `` the foucault reader '' -lrb- 1984 -rrb- , `` french modern : norms and forms of the social environment '' -lrb- 1989 -rrb- , `` making pcr : a story of biotechnology '' -lrb- 1993 -rrb- , `` essays on the anthropology of reason '' -lrb- 1996 -rrb- , `` anthropos today : reflections on modern equipment '' -lrb- 2003 -rrb- , and `` marking time : on the anthropology of the contemporary '' -lrb- 2007 -rrb- .
