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The Anthropology of Politics
A Reader in Ethnography, Theory, and Critique
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This book is an indispensable resource for students, scholars, and instructors in anthropology and related fields seeking a thorough, ethnographically grounded understanding of political phenomena. It is suitable for those interested in the intersection of politics and culture, including academics exploring nationalism, colonialism, and political violence.
In The Anthropology of Politics: A Reader in Ethnography, Theory and Critique, editor Joan Vincent offers her readers a selection of classic and contemporary articles on the anthropology of politics. Her introduction, headnotes, and suggested readings make this an indispensable resource for students, scholars, and instructors alike.
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Political anthropology has long been among the most vibrant subdisciplines within anthropology, and work done in this area has been instrumental in exploring some of the most significant issues of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, including (post)colonialism, development and underdevelopment, identity politics, nationalism/transnationalism, and political violence.
In The Anthropology of Politics: A Reader in Ethnography, Theory, and Critique, readers will find a remarkable collection of classic and contemporary articles on the subject. Following on from her landmark book on politics and anthropology, in this volume Joan Vincent provides a sweeping historical and theoretical introduction to the field.
Selected readings from figures such as E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Edmund Leach, Victor Turner, Eric Wolf, Benedict Anderson, Talal Asad, Michael Taussig, Jean and John Comaroff, and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak are enriched by Vincent's headnotes and suggestions for further reading.
The Anthropology of Politics will prove an indispensable resource for students, scholars, and instructors alike.
Series: Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
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Praised for its compelling selection of essays, this volume is noted as a key resource for understanding politics, power, and globalisation through anthropology. Louise Lamphere highlights it as the best and most provocative anthology on the subject, while Ulf Hannerz commends Joan Vincent's grasp on the discipline's evolution and future. Akhil Gupta describes it as an essential text that appeals to both students and seasoned scholars, providing a genealogy of political anthropology and spotlighting its contemporary voices.
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ISBN: 9780631224402
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 January 2002
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Contributors:
- Edited by Joan Vincent
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 27.0mm
Width: 172.0mm
Height: 246.0mm
Weight: 726g
Pages: 496
About the Author
Joan Vincent is Professor of Anthropology Emerita at Barnard College, Columbia University. She is the author of numerous books and articles, including Anthropology and Politics (1990, reissued 1995) and is currently working on an historical ethnography of the Irish famine.
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