A book review on an individual as a work of art that gave birth to itself
- Full title: Transcendent Individual: Essays Toward a Literary and Liberal Anthropology
- Author: Nigel Rapport
- Publisher: Routledge
- Paperback: 232 pages
- Year: 1997
My Review’s Abstract
Using the imagery of writing and movement, Rapport advocates for a paradigm shift from functional structuralism to “social-scientific writing which makes the world personal.”
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- The Straw-man
- The Argument
- Conclusion
Original Abstract (1997)
“Transcendent Individual” argues for a reappraisal of the place of the individual in anthropological theory and ethnographic writing. A wealth of voices illustrate and inform the text, showing ways in which individuals creatively ‘write’, narrate and animate cultural and social life.
Transcendent Individual – Book Review