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Marshall Sahlins centers these essays on islands—Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand—whose histories have intersected with European history.
0226733580 from books.google.com
Drawing on the philosophy of Hegel, they envision a system of reciprocal knowledge and esteem, in which the affirming glance of others lets everyone be who they really are. This book challenges the equation of recognition with justice.
0226733580 from books.google.com
With typical brilliance and wit, renowned anthropologist Marshall Sahlins takes a critical and satirical look at all things Foucault -- and plenty more to boot.
0226733580 from books.google.com
Throughout these essays, Sahlins also engages the cultural specificity of the West, developing a critical account of the distinctive ways that we act in and understand the world.
0226733580 from books.google.com
"First edition published as Waiting for Foucault in 1993 by Prickly Pear Press; second edition, 1996, third edition, 1999. Fourth edition published as Waiting for Foucault, still in 2002 by Prickly Paradigm Press."--Title page verso.
0226733580 from books.google.com
Drawing on reports in the media and conversations, the author shows that the Confucius Institutes are a threat to the principles of academic freedom and integrity at the foundation of our system of higher education
0226733580 from books.google.com
The deep issue here is the ancient Western specter of a presocial and antisocial human nature: a supposedly innate self-interest that is represented in our native folklore as the basis or nemesis of cultural order.