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Genre/Form: | Aufsatzsammlung |
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Additional Physical Format: | Erscheint auch als: Online-Ausgabe |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Harald Wydra; Bjørn Thomassen |
ISBN: | 9781783479009 1783479000 9781839108358 1839108355 |
OCLC Number: | 1226705166 |
Description: | ix, 497 Seiten ; 25 cm |
Series Title: | Elgar handbooks in political science |
Other Titles: | Political Anthropology |
Responsibility: | 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). |
Abstract:
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. Theoretical tools such as liminality, sacrifice, mimesis, ethics, trickster and interpretation of meaning provide understanding of the key challenges in a globalised world. These include war zones, revolutions, migration, securitization, territorial borders, climate change and ethno-religious violence. The contributing authors focus on the ethnographies of power, political culture and forms of cultural intimacy in informal networks. Using self-critical and reflexive approaches, they show that disciplinary boundaries have been reshaped by changing meanings of power, including reconfigurations of state and sovereignty. With reflections on the potential and limits of political anthropology, this Handbook explores the art of understanding human interaction within political frameworks in a globalising world. Offering a unique reference resource in the area with exceptional cross-disciplinary research, this Handbook will suit political, social and cultural anthropologists as well as scholars in comparative political analysis and social theory.
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