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  • Critical Journeys

    The Making of Anthropologists

    Edición de Geert De Neve, Maya Unnithan-Kumar ...
    Through an 'ethnography of ethnographers', this volume explores the varied ways in which anthropologists become and remain attracted to the discipline. The contributors reflect on the initial preconceptions, assumptions and expectations of themselves as young anthropologists, and on the ways in which early decisions are made about fieldwork and about the selection of field locations. They question ... Leer más

    $76.99 USD

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  • The Idea of Justice

    de Amartya Kumar Sen ...
    Social justice: an ideal, forever beyond our grasp; or one of many practical possibilities? More than a matter of intellectual discourse, the idea of justice plays a real role in how - and how well - people live. And in this book the distinguished scholar Amartya Sen offers a powerful critique of the theory of social justice that, in its grip on social and political thinking, has long left ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

  • Small Places, Large Issues

    An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology

    de Thomas Hylland Eriksen ...
    Series series Anthropology, Culture and Society
    ‘Remains among the most brilliant summaries of key ideas animating anthropology. In his famously accessible writing style, Eriksen introduces fundamental questions that shape human life, and provides an overview of the discipline’s contribution to the pressing issues of our times. A must-read’ Ursula Rao, Director, Anthropology of Politics and Governance, Max Planck Institute for Social ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Selling Spirituality

    The Silent Takeover of Religion

    de Jeremy Carrette, Richard King ...
    From Feng Shui to holistic medicine, from aromatherapy candles to yoga weekends, spirituality is big business. It promises to soothe away the angst of modern living and to offer an antidote to shallow materialism.Selling Spirituality is a short, sharp, attack on this fallacy. It shows how spirituality has in fact become a powerful commodity in the global marketplace - a cultural addiction that ... Leer más

    $57.99 USD

  • Motherhood and Choice

    Uncommon Mothers, Childfree Women

    de Amrita Nandy ...
    Amrita Nandy is a scholar whose work focuses on issues of gender, rights and culture. Her academic work has been published both in India and abroad, including in journals such a as the Economic and Polictical Weekly and Women's Studies International Forum. Amrita contributes to a range of dailies and news portals such as The Indian Express and The Wire. Her piece titled 'Ticking Outside the Box' ... Leer más

    $26.99 USD

  • Daughters of the Tharu

    Gender, Ethnicity, Religion, and the Education of Nepali Girls

    de Mary Ann Maslak ...
    Series series Reference Books In International Education
    This book explores the complex structural institutions in society, individual attitudes towards, beliefs about and values of those institutions, and the process by which the relationship between the social structure and individual agency conditions and governs girls' educational participation in Nepal. ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

  • A Political Economy of Attention, Mindfulness and Consumerism

    Reclaiming the Mindful Commons

    de Peter Doran ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Sustainability
    The power of capital is the power to target our attention, mould market-ready identities, and reduce the public realm to an endless series of choices. This has far-reaching implications for our psychological, physical and spiritual well-being, and ultimately for our global ecology. In this consumer age, the underlying teachings of Buddhist mindfulness offer more than individual well-being and ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD

  • The Culturalization of Caste in India

    Identity and Inequality in a Multicultural Age

    de Balmurli Natrajan ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
    In India, caste groups ensure their durability in an era of multiculturalism by officially representing caste as cultural difference or ethnicity rather than as unequal descent-based relations. Challenging dominant social theories of caste, this book addresses questions of how caste survives the system that gave rise to it and adapts to new demands of capitalism and democracy.Based on original ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD

  • Dalit Feminist Theory

    A Reader

    Edición de Sunaina Arya, Aakash Singh Rathore ...
    Dalit Feminist Theory: A Reader radically redefines feminism by introducing the category of Dalit into the core of feminist thought. It supplements feminism by adding caste to its study and praxis; it also re-examines and rethinks Indian feminism by replacing it with a new paradigm, namely, that caste-based feminist inquiry offers the only theoretical vantage point for comprehensively addressing ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

  • Possession, Power and the New Age

    Ambiguities of Authority in Neoliberal Societies

    de Matthew Wood ...
    Series series Theology and Religion in Interdisciplinary Perspective Series
    This book provides a new sociological account of contemporary religious phenomena such as channelling, holistic healing, meditation and divination, which are usually classed as part of a New Age Movement. Drawing on his extensive ethnography carried out in the UK, alongside comparative studies in America and Europe, Matthew Wood criticises the view that such phenomena represent spirituality in ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

  • Health, Culture and Religion in South Asia

    Critical Perspectives

    Edición de Assa Doron, Alex Broom ...
    Series series Routledge South Asian History and Culture Series
    Health, Culture and Religion in South Asia brings together top international scholars from a range of social science disciplines to critically explore the interplay of local cultural and religious practices in the delivery and experiences of health in South Asia. This groundbreaking text provides much needed insight into the relationships between health, culture, community, livelihood, and the ... Leer más

    $73.99 USD

  • Fertility and Familial Power Relations

    Procreation in South India

    de Minna Saavala ...
    Describes and analyses the corollaries of declining fertility in Southern India to discover how familial and gender relations are affected by the new situation of women giving birth only to 2-3 children. ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD