Anthropology and the new cosmopolitanism : rooted, feminist and vernacular perspectives /

Anthropology and the New Cosmopolitanism inaugurates a new, situated, cosmopolitan anthropology. It examines the rise of postcolonial movements responsive to global rights movements, which espouse a politics of dignity, cultural difference, democracy, dissent and tolerance. The book starts from the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: University of Keele, Association of Social Anthropologists. Conference
Otros Autores: Werbner, Pnina
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Berg, ©2008.
Colección:A.S.A. monographs ; 45.
Temas:
Anthropology > Congresses.
Cosmopolitanism > Congresses.
Globalization > Social aspects > Congresses.
Anthropologie > Congrès.
Cosmopolitisme > Congrès.
Mondialisation > Aspect social > Congrès.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Anthropology
Cosmopolitanism
Globalization > Social aspects
Conference papers and proceedings
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Anthropology and the New Cosmopolitanism inaugurates a new, situated, cosmopolitan anthropology. It examines the rise of postcolonial movements responsive to global rights movements, which espouse a politics of dignity, cultural difference, democracy, dissent and tolerance. The book starts from the premise that cosmopolitanism is not, and never has been, a 'western', elitist ideal exclusively. The book's major innovation is to show the way cosmopolitans beyond the North - in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Malaysia, India, Africa, the Middle East and Mexico - juggle universalist commitments wi.
Notas:Outgrowth of the ASA Diamond Jubilee conference held at Keele University, Apr. 2006.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 382 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781847885418
1847885411

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