For the Time Being by Richard Quinney

For the Time Being by Richard Quinney

Quinney ends this journey with a requiem, a requiem for the living and the dead. The hope is that one has lived a good life. In some ways the requiem is a reprise of what has gone before. It is a mediation of this life, a reflection and a source for the life that remains. Even as we live this moment, a requiem is playing in the background. A music that assures us that we live, and a music that makes us grateful for this life. This everyday wondrous life. For the time being is everything.

"The topic of this book is extremely significant, it builds and enriches ethnographic methodology, it teaches the value of journals, and provides academic materials for anthropology, sociology, the environment, religion, peace, and masculinity studiesFascinating to read, it demonstrates the linkages between people's biographies and their current ways of living.

"It covers a long journey between a father's life and his son's professional. The photographs provide rich visual sociological insights into the text. The use of literature, including poetry, narrative fiction, and biblical and other religious texts, gives a rich intellectual foundation to the writer's photographic ethnography." — Martha K. Huggins, Union College

"I most like the feeling this book leaves me with, of serenity, of being at peace with myself and with the world. The concerns and anxieties Quinney expresses are very much like my own, and common to academicians particularly, although the concerns and anxieties apply to humanity broadly. I think many readers, particularly so-called high achievers, would find this book hard to put down and extraordinarily comforting to read. Quinney offers us company in our stress and existential suffering and continual relief as we join him on a journey through life we share with him." — Hal Pepinsky, Indiana University

Richard Quinney is the author of many books in sociology and social theory including The Social Reality of Crime, Providence, Social Existence, and most recently Journey to a Far Place: Autobiographical Reflections. He has been professor of sociology at several universities and a Fulbright professor in Ireland.

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ISBN 13	9780791438527
ISBN 10	079143852X
Title	For the Time Being
Author	Richard Quinney
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	State University of New York Press
Year published	1998-09-17
Number of pages	198
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