Anthropology, politics and the state :: democracy and violence in South Asia /

"In recent years anthropology has rediscovered its interest in politics. Building on the findings of this research, this book offers a new way of analysing the relationship between culture and politics, with special attention to democracy, nationalism, the state and political violence. Beginnin...

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1. Verfasser: Spencer, Jonathan, 1954-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Schriftenreihe:New departures in anthropology.
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Zusammenfassung:"In recent years anthropology has rediscovered its interest in politics. Building on the findings of this research, this book offers a new way of analysing the relationship between culture and politics, with special attention to democracy, nationalism, the state and political violence. Beginning with scenes from an unruly early 1980s election campaign in Sri Lanka, it covers issues from rural policing in north India to slum housing in Delhi, presenting arguments about secularism and pluralism, and the ambiguous energies released by electoral democracy across the sub-continent. It ends by discussing feminist peace activists in Sri Lanka, struggling to sustain a window of shared humanity after two decades of war. Bringing together and linking the themes of democracy, identity and conflict, this new study shows how anthropology can take a central role in understanding other people's politics, especially the issues that seem to have divided the world since 9/11"--Jacket
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiii, 203 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-199) and index.
ISBN:9780511801853
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