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Through the sharing of one man's life and photographs, this ethnography of human existence covers religion, philosophy, literature, the environment, visual arts, music, drama, literary criticism, sociology, and the psychology of self.

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"""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 studies. Fascinating 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"

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 studies. Fascinating 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

Author Information

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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