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Contemporary Futures
Perspectives from Social Anthropology
Häftad, 1992
768 kr
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In industrial societies imagining the future is a serious business; our assumptions about the future govern the present management of domestic, national and global resources, and are projected, some would say inflicted, on societies whose visions are different. Contemporary Futures focuses not so …
Socialism
Ideals, Ideologies, and Local Practice
Av C. M. Hann
Häftad, 1992
534 kr
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Socialism as a political system may be on the wane, yet no one can doubt that its cultural legacies will make themselves felt for years to come, and on a worldwide scale. The contributors to this volume adopt a variety of anthropological approaches to illuminate changes which have removed …
Environmentalism
The View from Anthropology
Av Kay Milton
Häftad, 1993
944 kr
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Located in a wide spectrum of current research and practice, from analyses of green ideology and imagery, enviromental law and policy, and local enviromental activism in the West to ethnographic studies of relationships between humans and their enviroments in hunter/gatherer societies, …
Questions of Consciousness
Av Anthony P. Cohen, Nigel Rapport
Häftad, 1995
633 kr
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A pioneering attempt to formulate an anthropological approach to consciousness, Questions of Consciousness explores the importance of the conscious self, and of the `conscious collectively', in the construction and interpretation of social relations and process. It thereby explicitly raises …
After Writing Culture
Epistemology and Praxis in Contemporary Anthropology
Av Andrew Dawson, Jenny Hockey m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
2525 kr
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This collection addresses the theme of representation in anthropology. Its fourteen articles explore some of the directions in which contemporary anthropology is moving, following the questions raised by the "writing culture" debates of the 1980s.It includes discussion of issues such as:* the …
After Writing Culture
Epistemology and Praxis in Contemporary Anthropology
Av Andrew Dawson, Jenny Hockey m. fl.
Häftad, 1997
768 kr
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This collection addresses the theme of representation in anthropology. Its fourteen articles explore some of the directions in which contemporary anthropology is moving, following the questions raised by the "writing culture" debates of the 1980s.It includes discussion of issues such as:* the …
Ritual, Performance, Media
Inbunden, 1997
2525 kr
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Ritual, Performance and Media are significant areas of study which are essential to anthropology and are often surprisingly overlooked. This book brings a more anthropological perspective to debates about media consumption, performativity and the characteristics of spectacle which have transformed …
Ritual, Performance, Media
Häftad, 1997
812 kr
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Ritual, Performance and Media are significant areas of study which are essential to anthropology and are often surprisingly overlooked. This book brings a more anthropological perspective to debates about media consumption, performativity and the characteristics of spectacle which have transformed …
Anthropology of Power
Inbunden, 1999
2525 kr
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An edited collection which examines the theoretical issues surrounding power, and particularly empowerment, which uses ethnographic analysis as its basis. It takes material from the Middle East, Canada, Columbia, Australasia and various parts of Europe and Africa. It looks particularly at the …
Anthropology of Power
Häftad, 1999
768 kr
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An edited collection which examines the theoretical issues surrounding power, and particularly empowerment, which uses ethnographic analysis as its basis. It takes material from the Middle East, Canada, Columbia, Australasia and various parts of Europe and Africa. It looks particularly at the …
Anthropology of Indirect Communication
Häftad, 2001
821 kr
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Sometimes we convey what we mean not by what we say but by what we do. This type of indirect communication is sometimes called 'indirection'. From patent miscommunication, through potent ambiguity to pregnant silence this incisive collection examines from a rare anthropological perspective the many …
Participating in Development
Approaches to Indigenous Knowledge
Av Alan Bicker, Johan Pottier m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
2525 kr
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Development has too often failed to deliver on its promises to poor nations. The policies imposed from above by international agencies and state bodies have frequently not met the needs and aspirations of ordinary people. Development agencies have been searching for sometime for alternative …
Participating in Development
Approaches to Indigenous Knowledge
Av Alan Bicker, Johan Pottier m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
739 kr
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Development has too often failed to deliver on its promises to poor nations. The policies imposed from above by international agencies and state bodies have frequently not met the needs and aspirations of ordinary people. Development agencies have been searching for sometime for alternative …
Elite Cultures
Anthropological Perspectives
Inbunden, 2002
2525 kr
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Drawing on a diverse, comparative ethnographic literature, this new volume examines the intimate spaces and cultural practices of those elites who occupy positions of power and authority across a variety of different settings.Using ethnographic case studies from a wide range of geographical areas, …
Elite Cultures
Anthropological Perspectives
Häftad, 2002
812 kr
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Drawing on a diverse, comparative ethnographic literature, this new volume examines the intimate spaces and cultural practices of those elites who occupy positions of power and authority across a variety of different settings.Using ethnographic case studies from a wide range of geographical areas, …
Human Rights in Global Perspective
Anthropological Studies of Rights, Claims and Entitlements
Av Jon P. Mitchell, Richard A. Wilson
Inbunden, 2003
2525 kr
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In the West we frequently pay lip service to universal notions of human rights. But do we ever consider how these work in local contexts and across diverse cultural and ethical structures? Do human rights agendas address the problems many people face, or are they more often the imposition of …
Human Rights in Global Perspective
Anthropological Studies of Rights, Claims and Entitlements
Av Jon P. Mitchell, Richard A. Wilson
Häftad, 2003
768 kr
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In the West we frequently pay lip service to universal notions of human rights. But do we ever consider how these work in local contexts and across diverse cultural and ethical structures? Do human rights agendas address the problems many people face, or are they more often the imposition of …
Reason and Morality
Häftad, 1985
768 kr
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First Published in 1985. What is the place of reason and conversely of the unreasonable, the contradictory, the emotional and the chaotic in social life? What is the nature of general human rationality? Are there such things as incommensurable world views? How efficacious are typologies or 'modes …
Living Beings
Perspectives on Interspecies Engagements
Inbunden, 2013
2525 kr
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Living Beings examines the vital characteristics of social interactions between living beings, including humans, other animals and trees.Many discussions of such relationships highlight the exceptional qualities of the human members of the category, insisting for instance on their religious beliefs …
Living Beings
Perspectives on Interspecies Engagements
Häftad, 2020
622 kr
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Living Beings examines the vital characteristics of social interactions between living beings, including humans, other animals and trees.Many discussions of such relationships highlight the exceptional qualities of the human members of the category, insisting for instance on their religious beliefs …
Re-Creating Anthropology
Sociality, Matter, and the Imagination
Av David N. Gellner, Dolores P. Martinez
Inbunden, 2022
2525 kr
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This book makes a notable contribution to discussions of what anthropology is and should be in the twenty-first century through a reconsideration, from diverse sub-disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives, of the interactions between sociality, matter, and the imagination. It explores the …
Re-Creating Anthropology
Sociality, Matter, and the Imagination
Av David N. Gellner, Dolores P. Martinez
Häftad, 2024
651 kr
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This book makes a notable contribution to discussions of what anthropology is and should be in the twenty-first century through a reconsideration, from diverse sub-disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives, of the interactions between sociality, matter, and the imagination. It explores the …
Anthropology and Responsibility
Av Melissa Demian, Mattia Fumanti m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
2145 kr
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This book explores the role and implications of responsibility for anthropology, asking how responsibility is recognised and invoked in the world, what relations it draws upon, and how it comes to define notions of the person, institutional practices, ways of knowing and modes of evaluation. The …
How to Live Through a Pandemic
Av Simone Abram, Helen Lambert m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
2601 kr
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This book explores what anthropology can contribute to an understanding of how people live through pandemics. It reflects on how pandemics are experienced and what we can learn from Covid-19 as well as previous instances that might inform future responses and help to alleviate suffering. The …
How to Live Through a Pandemic
Av Simone Abram, Helen Lambert m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
671 kr
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This book explores what anthropology can contribute to an understanding of how people live through pandemics. It reflects on how pandemics are experienced and what we can learn from Covid-19 as well as previous instances that might inform future responses and help to alleviate suffering. The …
Anthropological Perspectives on Global Challenges
Inbunden, 2024
2525 kr
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This volume offers a snapshot of anthropological perspectives on global challenges. Whilst it could not hope to represent the full scope of anthropological perspectives, those that are presented highlight some of the critical flaws embedded in such an all-encompassing notion. The contributors …
Anthropological Perspectives on Global Challenges
Häftad, 2025
710 kr
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This volume offers a snapshot of anthropological perspectives on global challenges. Whilst it could not hope to represent the full scope of anthropological perspectives, those that are presented highlight some of the critical flaws embedded in such an all-encompassing notion. The contributors …
Contemporary Futures
Perspectives from Social Anthropology
Inbunden, 2016
2525 kr
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In industrial societies imagining the future is a serious business; our assumptions about the future govern the present management of domestic, national and global resources, and are projected, some would say inflicted, on societies whose visions are different. Contemporary Futures focuses not so …
Socialism
Ideals, Ideologies, and Local Practice
Av C. M. Hann
Inbunden, 2016
1530 kr
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Socialism as a political system may be on the wane, yet no one can doubt that its cultural legacies will make themselves felt for years to come, and on a worldwide scale. The contributors to this volume adopt a variety of anthropological approaches to illuminate changes which have removed …
Questions of Consciousness
Av Anthony P. Cohen, Nigel Rapport
Inbunden, 2017
2525 kr
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A pioneering attempt to formulate an anthropological approach to consciousness, Questions of Consciousness explores the importance of the conscious self, and of the `conscious collectively', in the construction and interpretation of social relations and process. It thereby explicitly raises …
