Words in Motion

Carol Gluck is George Sansom Professor of History at Columbia University. She is the author of Thinking with the Past: Modern Japan and History and Japan’s Modern Myths: Ideology in the Late Meiji Period, and editor of Asia in Western and World History.Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is the author of Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection and In the Realm of the Diamond Queen: Marginality in an Out-of-the-way Place and an editor of Nature in the Global South: Environmental Projects in South and Southeast Asia, also published by Duke University Press.

“Words in Motion is a highly original and exciting exploration of the global movements, transformations and social impacts of words which I expect will be welcomed and expanded upon by scholars in the fields of global and area studies. It is a recommended read for anyone with an interest in global history, conceptual history or translation studies.” - Michael Facius, H-Soz-u-Kult “. . . [T]his book offers many things to open-minded readers. The unpredictability at times can be refreshing, as we see when words imposedon the powerless become a double-edged sword (’terrorists’ becoming ‘freedom fighters’ in India, for example). Also, the words-in-motion project highlights the contributions of ‘critical public intellectuals who shape ideasand institutions not just in their home nations but also between and beyond national space’ (16). All the authors in this collection write with originality, wit, and flair, and deserve a wide audience.” - James Stanlaw, Anthropos “I can think of no better field-guide to how ‘globalization’ works on-the-ground than this pioneering and remarkable collection of studies of how words and concepts move across the globe, old meanings turning into evolving new meanings as they shift from Britain to Asia, from Egypt to Indonesia, from the worlds of the past in Turkey and Japan into their new ages. This book should henceforth be part of any reading list on global history.”-Eric Hobsbawm, fellow of the British Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences “Moving from North Africa through Europe to East and Southeast Asia, ranging from colonial discourse through national liberation movements into postcoloniality and globalization, this meticulously researched collection of stellar essays shows the politics of meaning-change as words cross boundaries from North to South and back, through the politics of gender and class. I am already using it in my teaching!”-Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, University Professor in the Humanities, Columbia University “Moving from North Africa through Europe to East and Southeast Asia, ranging from colonial discourse through national liberation movements into postcoloniality and globalization, this meticulously researched collection of stellar essays shows the politics of meaning-change as words cross boundaries from North to South and back, through the politics of gender and class. I am already using it in my teaching!”-Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, University Professor in the Humanities, Columbia University "[T]his book offers many things to open-minded readers. The unpredictability at times can be refreshing, as we see when words imposed on the powerless become a double-edged sword (’terrorists’ becoming ‘freedom fighters’ in India, for example). Also, the words-in-motion project highlights the contributions of ‘critical public intellectuals who shape ideas and institutions not just in their home nations but also between and beyond national space’ (16). All the authors in this collection write with originality, wit, and flair, and deserve a wide audience.” - James Stanlaw (Anthropos) “Words in Motion is a highly original and exciting exploration of the global movements, transformations and social impacts of words which I expect will be welcomed and expanded upon by scholars in the fields of global and area studies. It is a recommended read for anyone with an interest in global history, conceptual history or translation studies.” - Michael Facius (H-Soz-u-Kult, H-Net Reviews)

• Introduction Words in Motion / Carol Gluck 3Works in Motion / Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing 11Words with Shadows SeguranÇa/Security in Brazil and the United States / Itty Abraham 21Adat/Indigenous: Indigeneity in Motion / Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing 40Words That Expand Ada/Custom in the Middle East and South Asia / Mona Abaza 67Sekinin/Responsibility in Modern Japan / Carol Gluck 83Words Unspoken Ilmaniyya, LaÏcitÉ, Secularisme/Secularism in Morocco / Driss Maghraoui 109Saburaimu/Sublime: A Japanese Word and Its Political Afterlife / Alan Tansman 129Words That Cover Aqalliyya/Minority in Modern Egyptian Discourse / Seteney Shami 151HijÂb/Headscarf: A Political Journey / Claudia Koonz 174Fear Words Injury: Incriminating Words and Imperial Power / Lydia H. Liu 199Conjuracion/Conspiracy in the Philippine Revolution of 1896 / Vicente L. Rafael 219Terrorism: State Sovereignty and Militant Politics in India / Partha Chatterjee 240Words That Set Standards Komisyon/Commission and Kurul/Board: Words that Rule / Huri Islamoglu 265Chumchon/Community in Thailand / Craig J. Reynolds 286Thammarat/Good Governance in Glocalizing Thailand / Kasian Tejapira 306Notes on Contributors 327Index 329