Handbook of political anthropology /
Edited by Harald Wydra, Holden Fellow in Politics, St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge, UK, Bjørn Thomassen, Professor, Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University, Denmark.
- ix, 497 pages ; 26 cm.
- Elgar handbooks in politicals science .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: the promise of political anthropology Harald Wydra and Bjorn Thomassen
PART I OLD AND NEW PARADIGMS 1. Recovering the classical foundations of political anthropology Arpad Szakolczai
2. On the mimetic turn in the social sciences Roberto Farneti
3. Charisma/trickster: on the twofold nature of power Agnes Horvath
4. Contemporary political stakes: after-lives of the modern Paul Rabinow and Anthony Stavrianakis
5. Political anthropology: biology, culture, and ethics Gabriele De Anna and Christian Illies
6. Cultural intimacy and the politics of civility Michael Herzfeld
PART II ANTHRO-POLITICS IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD 7. Politics and the permanence of the sacred Paul Dumouchel
8. Anthropology and the enigma of the state Finn Stepputat and Monique Nuijten
9. Liminality and the politics of the transitional Maria Malksoo
10. The anthropology of political revolutions Bjorn Thomassen
11. Comparative political analysis and the interpretation of meaning Jean-Pascal Daloz
12. Anthropology and political ideology Sune Haugbolle
13. Post-neoliberalism? Keir Martin
14. The political and the religious: on the making of virtuous politics Simon Coleman
PART III ETHNOGRAPHIES OF THE POLITICAL 15. The politics of development: anthropological perspectives Jeremy Gould and Eija Ranta
16. Ethnographies of power Jan Kubik
17. Postdemocracy and a politics of prefiguration Nicholas J. Long
18. Feminist theory and reproduction Megan Moodie
19. New war zones or evolving modes of insurgency warfare? Morten Boas
20. The political anthropology of borders and territory: European perspectives Hastings Donnan, Bjorn Thomassen and Harald Wydra
21. The politics of movement and migration Parvathi Raman
PART IV PROCESSES 22. Security, securitization, desecuritization: how security produces insecurity John Gledhill
23. Nature, politics, and climate change Mette Fog Olwig
24. The fall and rise of class Andrew Sanchez
25. The politics of ethno-religious violence Madurika Rasaratnam
26. The anthropology of crime Henrik Vigh and David Sausdal
27. Globalization Thomas Hylland Eriksen
Index
"This ground-breaking collection introduces readers to the fascinating research field of political anthropology. The chapters engage in major theoretical and methodological debates to provide interpretive frames, analytical tools and ethnographic illustrations for culturally based interpretations of political phenomena, revealing the intersection between anthropology, culture, politics and international relations"--
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