Between One and One Another
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Between One and One Another

  1. 230 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Between One and One Another

About this book

Michael Jackson extends his path-breaking work in existential anthropology by focusing on the interplay between two modes of human existence: that of participating in other peoples' lives and that of turning inward to one's self. Grounding his discussion in the subtle shifts between being acted upon and taking action, Jackson shows how the historical complexities and particularities found in human interactions reveal the dilemmas, conflicts, cares, and concerns that shape all of our lives. Through portraits of individuals encountered in the course of his travels, including friends and family, and anthropological fieldwork pursued over many years in such places as Sierra Leone and Australia, Jackson explores variations on this theme. As he describes the ways we address and negotiate the vexed relationships between "I" and "we"—the one and the many—he is also led to consider the place of thought in human life.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Chapter 1: Preamble
  6. Chapter 2: The Philosopher Who Would Not Be King
  7. Chapter 3: Hermit in the Water of Life
  8. Chapter 4: Writing Workshop
  9. Chapter 5: How Much Home Does a Person Need?
  10. Chapter 6: Clearings in the Bush
  11. Chapter 7: The Gulf of Corinth
  12. Chapter 8: It’s Other People Who Are My Old Age
  13. Chapter 9: Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear
  14. Chapter 10: I Am an Other
  15. Chapter 11: Yonder
  16. Chapter 12: Reading Siddhartha to Freya at Forest Lake
  17. Chapter 13: On the Work and Writing of Ethnography
  18. Acknowledgments
  19. Notes
  20. Index