Theoretical Anthropology or How to Observe a Human Being

<p>It may seem obvious that the human being has always been present in anthropology. This book, however, reveals that he has never really been a part of it.<br /> <br /> Theoretical Anthropology or How to Observe a Human Being establishes the foundations and conditions, both theoretical and methodological, which make it possible to consider the human being as a topic of observation and analysis, for himself as an entity, and not in the perspective of understanding social and cultural phenomena.<br /> <br /> In debate with both anthropologists and philosophers, this book describes and analyzes the human being as a “volume”. To this end, a specific lexicon is built around the notions of volume, volumography and volumology. These notions are further illustrated and enriched by several drawings. </p>