ANTH 227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Paul Rabinow, Webct, Biopower
27 Nov 2012
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What thinking about thinking means and show this as to one concrete author. Explain why thinking about thinking is important in anthropology. Each question is as long as you want it to be. Before, everything was focused on the king, then it moved to society (when biology developed) Because society emerged as a new way of thinking about human reality, the definition of humans as biological beings was developed. Concept of society did not exist before the rise of biology. This concept transformed the way politics is all about. After the french rev. politics and biological existence coincided. The definition of a nation was rooted in the total sum of human beings, in society. Concept of society did not exist before the 18th century. Humans were not thought of as social beings. In the late 18th century, people start thinking about humans in terms of society. A shift from concern with the king towards a concern with society.
