Paul Rabinow continues his explorations of a philosophic anthropology of the contemporary by examining the work of German painter Gerhard Richter. Defining the contemporary as a moving ratio in which…

Concluding his search for anthropological concepts and practices appropriate to the twenty-first century, the author contends that to make sense of the contemporary anthropologists must invent new forms of inquiry…

Deals with logical standards and forms that should guide ethical and experimental anthropology in the twenty-first century. This title draws on experiences from a set of anthropological experiments that investigated…

Taking up policies and experiences as objects of research and analysis, the essays here seek a rigorous inquiry into a sound conceptualization of uncertainty in order to better confront contemporary…

Few philosophers have had as significant an impact on contemporary thought as Michel Foucault. Rabinow has collected the best pieces from his three-volume set into a one-volume anthology.