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If Truth Be Told
The Politics of Public Ethnography
Häftad, 2017
444 kr
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What happens when ethnographers go public via books, opinion papers, media interviews, court testimonies, policy recommendations, or advocacy activities? Calling for a consideration of this public moment as part and parcel of the research process, the contributors to If Truth Be Told explore the …
Moral Abdication
How the World Failed to Stop the Destruction of Gaza
E-bok, 2025
90 kr
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Providing a record of the first six months of the war waged by the Israeli army after the 7 October attacks and drawing on a rich range of international sources, Didier Fassin examines how most Western governments have acquiesced in and often contributed to the destruction, by the Israeli army, of …
Humanitarian Reason
A Moral History of the Present
Häftad, 2011
261 kr
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In the face of the world's disorders, moral concerns have provided a powerful ground for developing international as well as local policies. Didier Fassin draws on case materials from France, South Africa, Venezuela, and Palestine to explore the meaning of humanitarianism in the contexts of …
Four Lectures on Ethics – Anthropological Perspectives
Av Michael Lambek, Veena Das m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
306 kr
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Anthropology has recently seen a lively interest in the subject of ethics and comparative notions of morality and freedom. This masterclass brings together four of the most eminent anthropologists working in this field-Michael Lambek, Veena Das, Didier Fassin, and Webb Keane-to discuss, via …
Moral Abdication
How the World Failed to Stop the Destruction of Gaza
Häftad, 2025
129 kr
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Consent to the obliteration of Gaza has created an enormous gulf in the global moral order. History will record how Western governments and large sections of their elites have supported the war waged by Israel against Palestinians after Hamas's attack on 7 October 2023 and silenced voices calling …
Ett märkligt nederlag : om samtycket till skövlingen av Gaza
Häftad, 2025
208 kr
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»Samtycket till skövlingen av Gaza har öppnat en jättelik lucka i världsmoralen. Det är nämligen troligt att innebörden av skeendet i Palestina efter Hamas mordlystna överfall den 7 oktober 2023, och gensvaret som dessa händelser till stor del har fått i maktens politiska och intellektuella …
Rebel Economies
Warlords, Insurgents, Humanitarians
Av Nicola Di Cosmo, Didier Fassin m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
458 kr
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As a pervasive occurrence in the contemporary world, wars and their economic sources are defining social and political processes in a variety of national and transnational contexts. Rebel Economies: Warlords, Insurgents, Humanitarians explores historical, anthropological and political dimensions of …
The Will to Punish
Av Didier Fassin, Christopher Kutz
Inbunden, 2018
461 kr
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Over the last few decades, most societies have become more repressive, their laws more relentless, their magistrates more inflexible, independently of the evolution of crime. In The Will to Punish, using an approach both genealogical and ethnographic, distinguished anthropologist Didier Fassin …
Will to Punish
Av Didier Fassin, Christopher Kutz
E-bok, 2018
343 kr
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Over the last few decades, most societies have become more repressive, their laws more relentless, their magistrates more inflexible, independently of the evolution of crime. In The Will to Punish , using an approach both genealogical and ethnographic, distinguished anthropologist Didier Fassin …
Will to Punish
Av Didier Fassin, Christopher Kutz
E-bok, 2018
343 kr
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Over the last few decades, most societies have become more repressive, their laws more relentless, their magistrates more inflexible, independently of the evolution of crime. In The Will to Punish , using an approach both genealogical and ethnographic, distinguished anthropologist Didier Fassin …
Writing the World of Policing
The Difference Ethnography Makes
Häftad, 2017
279 kr
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As policing has recently become a major topic of public debate, it is also a growing area of ethnographic research. Writing the World of Policing brings together an international roster of scholars who have conducted fieldwork studies of law enforcement in disadvantaged urban neighborhoods on five …
Writing the World of Policing
The Difference Ethnography Makes
E-bok, 2017
541 kr
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As policing has recently become a major topic of public debate, it was also a growing area of ethnographic research. Writing the World of Policing brings together an international roster of scholars who have conducted fieldwork studies of law enforcement in disadvantaged urban neighborhoods on five …
A Time for Critique
Av Bernard E. Harcourt, Didier Fassin
Inbunden, 2019
2227 kr
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In a world of political upheaval, rising inequality, catastrophic climate change, and widespread doubt of even the most authoritative sources of information, is there a place for critique? This book calls for a systematic reappraisal of critical thinking—its assumptions, its practices, its …
A Time for Critique
Av Bernard E. Harcourt, Didier Fassin
Häftad, 2019
304 kr
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In a world of political upheaval, rising inequality, catastrophic climate change, and widespread doubt of even the most authoritative sources of information, is there a place for critique? This book calls for a systematic reappraisal of critical thinking—its assumptions, its practices, its …
Crisis Under Critique
How People Assess, Transform, and Respond to Critical Situations
Av Didier Fassin, Axel Honneth
Inbunden, 2022
1406 kr
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The word “crisis” denotes a break, a discontinuity, a rupture—a moment after which the normal order can continue no longer. Yet our political vocabulary today is suffused with the rhetoric of crisis, to the point that supposed abnormalities have been normalized. How can the notion of crisis be …
Crisis Under Critique
How People Assess, Transform, and Respond to Critical Situations
Av Didier Fassin, Axel Honneth
Häftad, 2022
357 kr
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The word “crisis” denotes a break, a discontinuity, a rupture—a moment after which the normal order can continue no longer. Yet our political vocabulary today is suffused with the rhetoric of crisis, to the point that supposed abnormalities have been normalized. How can the notion of crisis be …
Moral Anthropology
A Critical Reader
Inbunden, 2013
2506 kr
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This Reader is the first anthology to cover the growing field of moral anthropology and will be an essential resource for students and scholars interested in exploring the important issues involved. Morality and ethics are increasingly invoked in the most diverse domains, from politics to …
Moral Anthropology
A Critical Reader
Häftad, 2013
937 kr
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This Reader is the first anthology to cover the growing field of moral anthropology and will be an essential resource for students and scholars interested in exploring the important issues involved. Morality and ethics are increasingly invoked in the most diverse domains, from politics to …
Companion to Moral Anthropology
Inbunden, 2012
2478 kr
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A Companion to Moral Anthropology is the first collective consideration of the anthropological dimensions of morals, morality, and ethics. Original essays by international experts explore the various currents, approaches, and issues in this important new discipline, examining topics such as the …
When Bodies Remember
Experiences and Politics of AIDS in South Africa
Häftad, 2007
287 kr
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In this book, France's leading medical anthropologist takes on one of the most tragic stories of the global AIDS crisis - the failure of the ANC government to stem the tide of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa. Didier Fassin traces the deep roots of the AIDS crisis to apartheid and, before that, to …
When Bodies Remember
Experiences and Politics of AIDS in South Africa
E-bok, 2007
500 kr
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In this book, France''s leading medical anthropologist takes on one of the most tragic stories of the global AIDS crisis—the failure of the ANC government to stem the tide of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa. Didier Fassin traces the deep roots of the AIDS crisis to apartheid and, before that, to …
Humanitarian Reason
A Moral History of the Present
E-bok, 2011
446 kr
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In the face of the world’s disorders, moral concerns have provided a powerful ground for developing international as well as local policies. Didier Fassin draws on case materials from France, South Africa, Venezuela, and Palestine to explore the meaning of humanitarianism in the contexts of …
Empire of Trauma
An Inquiry into the Condition of Victimhood
Av Didier Fassin, Richard Rechtman
Häftad, 2009
366 kr
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Today we are accustomed to psychiatrists being summoned to scenes of terrorist attacks, natural disasters, war, and other tragic events to care for the psychic trauma of victims--yet it has not always been so. The very idea of psychic trauma came into being only at the end of the nineteenth century …
Empire of Trauma
An Inquiry into the Condition of Victimhood
Av Richard Rechtman, Didier Fassin
E-bok, 2026
503 kr
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Today we are accustomed to psychiatrists being summoned to scenes of terrorist attacks, natural disasters, war, and other tragic events to care for the psychic trauma of victims--yet it has not always been so. The very idea of psychic trauma came into being only at the end of the nineteenth century …
Empire of Trauma
An Inquiry into the Condition of Victimhood
Av Richard Rechtman, Didier Fassin
E-bok, 2026
498 kr
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Today we are accustomed to psychiatrists being summoned to scenes of terrorist attacks, natural disasters, war, and other tragic events to care for the psychic trauma of victims--yet it has not always been so. The very idea of psychic trauma came into being only at the end of the nineteenth century …
At the Heart of the State
The Moral World of Institutions
Häftad, 2015
355 kr
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The state is often regarded as an abstract and neutral bureaucratic entity. Against this common sense idea, At the Heart of the State argues that it is also a concrete reality with a morality, embodied in the work of its agents and inscribed in the issues of its time. A political and moral …
Deepening Divides
How Physical Borders and Social Boundaries Delineate our World
Inbunden, 2019
938 kr
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At a glance, 'borders' and 'boundaries' may seem synonymous. But in the real (geopolitical) world, they coexist as distinct, albeit overlapping entities: the former a state's delimitation of territory; the latter the social delineation of differences. The refugee crisis in Europe showed how racial …
Deepening Divides
How Physical Borders and Social Boundaries Delineate our World
Av Didier Fassin, Didier Fassin
Häftad, 2019
371 kr
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At a glance, 'borders' and 'boundaries' may seem synonymous. But in the real (geopolitical) world, they coexist as distinct, albeit overlapping entities: the former a state's delimitation of territory; the latter the social delineation of differences. The refugee crisis in Europe showed how racial …
Enforcing Order
An Ethnography of Urban Policing
Inbunden, 2013
828 kr
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Most incidents of urban unrest in recent decades - including the riots in France, Britain and other Western countries - have followed lethal interactions between the youth and the police. Usually these take place in disadvantaged neighborhoods composed of working-class families of immigrant origin …
Enforcing Order
An Ethnography of Urban Policing
Häftad, 2013
287 kr
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Most incidents of urban unrest in recent decades - including the riots in France, Britain and other Western countries - have followed lethal interactions between the youth and the police. Usually these take place in disadvantaged neighborhoods composed of working-class families of immigrant origin …
