Paul Rabinow

Anthropologist, Author

1944 –

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Who is Paul Rabinow?

Paul Rabinow is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Director of the Anthropology of the Contemporary Research Collaboratory, and former Director of Human Practices for the Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center. He is perhaps most famous for his widely influential commentary and expertise on the French philosopher Michel Foucault.

His major works include Reflections on Fieldwork in Morocco, Michel Foucault: Beyond Structuralism and Hermeneutics, The Foucault Reader, French Modern: Norms and Forms of the Social Environment, Making PCR: A Story of Biotechnology, Essays on the Anthropology of Reason, Anthropos Today: Reflections on Modern Equipment, and Marking Time: On the Anthropology of the Contemporary.

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Born
Jun 21, 1944
Florida
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • PhD, University of Chicago
    Anthropology
    ( - 1970)
  • École pratique des hautes études
Employment
  • University of California, Berkeley
Lived in
  • Berkeley
    (1978 - )

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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