Thinking the subject, decentering anthropology

  • Michel Agier Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) / Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)
Keywords: Person, Individual, Subjectivation, Refugees, Philosophy and Anthropology

Abstract

In anthropology, the subject can be considered a third concept that enables transcending the various meanings attributed to the notions of person and individual without eliminating them. The figure of the subject allows to overcome the issues regarding identity that anthropology has dealt with from its origins up to the more recent debates that oppose communitarism and republic.

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Author Biography

Michel Agier, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) / Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)
Antropólogo. Investigador del Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) y profesor de la Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS). 
Published
2012-07-01
How to Cite
Agier, M. (2012). Thinking the subject, decentering anthropology. Cuadernos De antropología Social, (35), 9-27. https://doi.org/10.34096/cas.i35.1360
Section
Dossier - Artículos Originales