Paul Rabinow
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Paul Rabinow was an American anthropologist known for his influential work on the anthropology of reason, modernity, and biotechnology, as well as for his extensive engagement with and interpretation of Michel Foucault’s ideas.
All labels observed (2)
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| Paul Rabinow canonical | 11 |
| Paul Rabinow is an anthropologist | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1444227 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Rabinow Context triple: [Michel Foucault, influenced, Paul Rabinow]
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Bruno Latour
Bruno Latour was a French philosopher, anthropologist, and sociologist best known for his work in science and technology studies and for developing actor-network theory, which rethinks the relationships between humans, nonhumans, and scientific knowledge.
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Thomas J. R. Hughes
Thomas J. R. Hughes is a prominent American applied mathematician and engineer renowned for his pioneering contributions to finite element methods and computational mechanics.
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David Reedy
David Reedy was one of the original New York stockbrokers who helped found what became the New York Stock Exchange by signing the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement.
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Stephen H. Sachs
Stephen H. Sachs is an American lawyer and politician who served as Maryland’s attorney general and was known for his work on legal reform and civil rights.
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Steve Fuller
Steve Fuller is a sociologist and philosopher of science known for his work in social epistemology and his critical engagement with the legacy of Thomas Kuhn.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Rabinow Target entity description: Paul Rabinow was an American anthropologist known for his influential work on the anthropology of reason, modernity, and biotechnology, as well as for his extensive engagement with and interpretation of Michel Foucault’s ideas.
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A.
Bruno Latour
Bruno Latour was a French philosopher, anthropologist, and sociologist best known for his work in science and technology studies and for developing actor-network theory, which rethinks the relationships between humans, nonhumans, and scientific knowledge.
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B.
Thomas J. R. Hughes
Thomas J. R. Hughes is a prominent American applied mathematician and engineer renowned for his pioneering contributions to finite element methods and computational mechanics.
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C.
David Reedy
David Reedy was one of the original New York stockbrokers who helped found what became the New York Stock Exchange by signing the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement.
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D.
Stephen H. Sachs
Stephen H. Sachs is an American lawyer and politician who served as Maryland’s attorney general and was known for his work on legal reform and civil rights.
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E.
Susan Buck-Morss
Susan Buck-Morss is an American philosopher and critical theorist known for her work on Frankfurt School thought, visual culture, and global political modernity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American anthropologist
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anthropologist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | cultural anthropology ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Chicago ⓘ |
| employer | University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| familyName | Rabinow ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
anthropology
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anthropology of modernity ⓘ anthropology of reason ⓘ anthropology of science and technology ⓘ biotechnology studies ⓘ philosophical anthropology ⓘ |
| genre |
academic writing
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ethnography ⓘ social theory ⓘ |
| givenName | Paul ⓘ |
| influenced |
STS (science and technology studies)
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anthropology of science ⓘ contemporary social theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Claude Lévi-Strauss
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Max Weber ⓘ Michel Foucault ⓘ |
| knownFor |
collaborative work with Michel Foucault’s texts
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developing the concept of biosociality ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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French ⓘ |
| movement |
interpretive anthropology
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post-structuralism ⓘ |
| name | Paul Rabinow ⓘ |
| notableFor |
interpretation of Michel Foucault’s work
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work on biotechnology ⓘ work on modernity ⓘ work on the anthropology of reason ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Anthropos Today: Reflections on Modern Equipment
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Essays on the Anthropology of Reason ⓘ French Modern: Norms and Forms of the Social Environment ⓘ Making PCR: A Story of Biotechnology ⓘ Michel Foucault: Beyond Structuralism and Hermeneutics ⓘ Reflections on Fieldwork in Morocco ⓘ |
| occupation |
academic
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professor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
biomedicine
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ethics ⓘ genomics ⓘ governmentality ⓘ modernity ⓘ |
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Referenced by (12)
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Anthropos Today: Reflections on Modern Equipment
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Paul Rabinow is an anthropologist
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linked to: Paul Rabinow