Name: Dilemmas: Beyond Binaries and Double Binds
SKU: 58861932
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Author: Michael Jackson
ISBN: 9781512826715

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Dilemmas: Beyond Binaries and Double Binds

Type

Physical Book

Author

Michael Jackson

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Press

Language

English

Pages

200

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9781512826715

Synopsis "Dilemmas: Beyond Binaries and Double Binds"

Dilemmas explores some of the most pressing existential problems of our times, from climate change, political conflict, and social injustice, to balancing one's own needs against those of others. Pushing back against the tendency to think of dilemmas as clear-cut binary choices, renowned anthropologist Michael Jackson shows us some of the ingenious ways that dilemmas are addressed in non-Western thought and oral traditions, as well as in Western philosophy. Drawing on examples from myth, literature, and his extensive ethnographic fieldwork in West Africa and Aboriginal Australia, each of thirteen chapters examines a particular dilemma and how it is experienced, circumvented, or reimagined. From the struggles of the Aboriginal people of Central Australia for land rights to Walter Benjamin's harrowing journey across the Pyrenees as he fled German-occupied France in 1940; from the story of a suburban family in Aotearoa New Zealand adjusting to life in a commune to the dilemmas of migrants from the Global South trying to reconcile their search for a better life with their longing for home--Jackson interweaves philosophical reflections, insights from his anthropological fieldwork, and individual life stories. In striking a balance between our contradictory impulses to be both apart from and together with others, Jackson makes a case against identitarian essentialism, showing us how the oppositional thinking through which we often frame our contemporary dilemmas may be overcome.

Michael Jackson

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Michael Jackson (Michael Joseph Jackson) fue un cantante, compositor y autor estadounidense, ampliamente reconocido como una de las figuras más influyentes de la música popular. Inició su carrera en la infancia como parte de The Jackson 5 y, posteriormente, desarrolló una trayectoria solista que redefinió el pop moderno. Su estilo combinó innovación musical, coreografías icónicas y una fuerte presencia visual, consolidándolo como un referente cultural global. Además de su impacto artístico, exploró la escritura autobiográfica como una extensión de su identidad pública y creativa.

Es autor de Moonwalk (1988), una autobiografía donde relata su ascenso a la fama, su proceso creativo y aspectos íntimos de su vida personal y profesional. La obra ofrece una mirada directa a su visión artística y a las exigencias de la industria musical. Ganador de múltiples premios, incluidos varios premios Grammy, Jackson dejó un legado que trasciende la música, influyendo en generaciones de artistas y en la forma en que se entiende el espectáculo a escala global.

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