Background
Cohen, Anthony Paul was born on August 3, 1946 in London, England. Son of Mark Louis and Mary Anne Cohen.
(Traditionally the self and the individual have been treat...)
Traditionally the self and the individual have been treated as micro-versions of larger social entities by the social sciences in general, and by anthropology in particular. In Self Consciousness, Cohen examines this treatment of the self, arguing that this practice has resulted in the misunderstanding of social aggregates precisely because the individual has been ignored as a constituent element. By acknowledging the individual's self awareness as author of their own social conduct and of the social forms in which they participate, this informs social and cultural processes rather than the individual being passively modelled by them.
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Cohen, Anthony Paul was born on August 3, 1946 in London, England. Son of Mark Louis and Mary Anne Cohen.
Bachelor with honors, University Southampton, 1967. Master of Science in Science Society, University Southampton, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, University Southampton, 1973.
Doctor of Science in Science Society (honorary), University Edinburgh, 2005.
Research fellow Memorial University Newfoundland, St John's, Canada, 1968—1970. Assistant professor Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, 1970—1971. Lecturer, senior lecturer University Manchester, England, 1971—1989.
Professor society anthropology University Edinburgh, Scotland, 1989—2003, provost, dean of law and society science, 1997—2002. Principal, vice-patron Queen Marqaret University College, since 2003, honorary professor society anthropology, since 2003.
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Fellow: Royal Anthropological Institute (former council member). Member: European Association of Social Anthropologists, Association of Social Anthropologists of the Commonwealth (committee member 1983-1986), American Anthropological Association.
Married Bronwen Jean Steel, July 10, 1968. Children: Liam Nicholas, Ivan.