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.

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Series: Elgar handbooks in politicals sciencePublisher: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2018]Description: ix, 497 pages ; 26 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9781783479009

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DDC classification:

306.2 WYD 23

LOC classification:

GN492 .H36 2018

Contents:

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

Summary: "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"-- Book cover.

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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"-- Book cover.

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