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Ageing in Africa
Sociolinguistic and Anthropological Approaches
Av Koen Stroeken, Sinfree Makoni
Inbunden, 2002
2746 kr
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African gerontology has expanded dramatically as a discipline with population ageing and its consequences for societies and for individual experiences of ageing becoming prominent issues all over the continent. This volume therefore brings together some of the most prolific and skilful researchers …
War, Technology, Anthropology
Häftad, 2011
234 kr
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Technologies of the allied warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan, such as remote-controlled drones and night vision goggles, allow the user to “virtualize” human targets. This coincides with increased civilian casualties and a perpetuation of the very insecurity these technologies are meant to combat. …
War, Technology, Anthropology
E-bok, 2011
131 kr
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Technologies of the allied warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan, such as remote-controlled drones and night vision goggles, allow the user to “virtualize” human targets. This coincides with increased civilian casualties and a perpetuation of the very insecurity these technologies are meant to combat. …
Moral Power
The Magic of Witchcraft
Häftad, 2012
527 kr
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...[Stroeken's]ethnographically-driven but conceptually-powerful book should give anthropologists some pause to re-examine their assumptions and seek unexpected connections. That is, it should cause us the good kind of trouble. Anthropology Review Koen Stroeken's work is fascinating, …
Ageing in Africa
Sociolinguistic and Anthropological Approaches
Av Koen Stroeken, Sinfree Makoni
E-bok, 2017
831 kr
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African gerontology has expanded dramatically as a discipline with population ageing and its consequences for societies and for individual experiences of ageing becoming prominent issues all over the continent. This volume therefore brings together some of the most prolific and skilful researchers …
Ageing in Africa
Sociolinguistic and Anthropological Approaches
Av Koen Stroeken, Sinfree Makoni
E-bok, 2017
807 kr
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African gerontology has expanded dramatically as a discipline with population ageing and its consequences for societies and for individual experiences of ageing becoming prominent issues all over the continent. This volume therefore brings together some of the most prolific and skilful researchers …
Medicinal Rule
A Historical Anthropology of Kingship in East and Central Africa
Inbunden, 2018
1979 kr
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As soon as Europeans set foot on African soil, they looked for the equivalents of their kings – and found them. The resulting misunderstandings have lasted until this day. Based on ethnography-driven regional comparison and a critical re-examination of classic monographs on some forty cultural …
Medicinal Rule
A Historical Anthropology of Kingship in East and Central Africa
E-bok, 2018
335 kr
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As soon as Europeans set foot on African soil, they looked for the equivalents of their kings – and found them. The resulting misunderstandings have lasted until this day. Based on ethnography-driven regional comparison and a critical re-examination of classic monographs on some forty cultural …
Medicinal Rule
A Historical Anthropology of Kingship in East and Central Africa
Häftad, 2021
526 kr
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As soon as Europeans set foot on African soil, they looked for the equivalents of their kings – and found them. The resulting misunderstandings have lasted until this day. Based on ethnography-driven regional comparison and a critical re-examination of classic monographs on some forty cultural …
Moral Power
The Magic of Witchcraft
Inbunden, 2010
1861 kr
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Neither power nor morality but both. Moral power is what Sukuma farmers in Tanzania in times of crisis attribute to an unknown figure they call their witch. A universal process is involved, as much bodily as social, which obstructs the patient’s recovery. Healers turn the table on the witch through …
Moral Power
The Magic of Witchcraft
E-bok, 2010
326 kr
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Neither power nor morality but both. Moral power is what Sukuma farmers in Tanzania in times of crisis attribute to an unknown figure they call their witch. A universal process is involved, as much bodily as social, which obstructs the patient’s recovery. Healers turn the table on the witch through …
Simplex Society
How to Humanize
Inbunden, 2023
552 kr
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This open access book provides thought-provoking anthropology grounded in comparative ethnography. The theory captures the current historical moment, the long-term trends that led us here, and the prospects for a humane future. The experience of complexity characterizing a globalized information …
Simplex Society
How to Humanize
Häftad, 2023
443 kr
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This open access book provides thought-provoking anthropology grounded in comparative ethnography. The theory captures the current historical moment, the long-term trends that led us here, and the prospects for a humane future. The experience of complexity characterizing a globalized information …
