Designs For An Anthropology Of The Contemporary

"What an interchange! While these fascinating conversations make much work of the concept of the 'contemporary, ' it is how one might 'design' anthropology that drives them. And by the end it is 'anthropology' that emerges from its own history, from its fortunes and misfortunes, as a fresh instrument of education. The search for renewal is neither here nor there; an act of renewal is another matter altogether. The enthusiasm of these thinkers is wrought through dialogue at once collaborative and agonistic, setting a standard of reflection that creates its own present tense."--Marilyn Strathern, University of Cambridge