Paul Rabinow, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Paul Rabinow

American anthropologist

Date of Birth: 21-Jun-1944

Place of Birth: Florida, United States

Profession: university teacher, anthropologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Paul Rabinow (born June 21, 1944) is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California (Berkeley), Director of the Anthropology of the Contemporary Research Collaboratory (ARC), and former Director of Human Practices for the Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center (SynBERC).
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 (1977 and 2007), Michel Foucault: Beyond Structuralism and Hermeneutics (1983) (with Hubert Dreyfus), The Foucault Reader (1984), French Modern: Norms and Forms of the Social Environment (1989), Making PCR: A Story of Biotechnology (1993), Essays on the Anthropology of Reason (1996), Anthropos Today: Reflections on Modern Equipment (2003), and Marking Time: On the Anthropology of the Contemporary (2007).