Anthropology of Our Times

An Edited Anthology in Public Anthropology
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-349-71149-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 311 g

This anthology represents the culmination of a series of public discussions with some of the leading international anthropologists of today —organized by the editor, Sindre Bangstad—at the House of Literature in Oslo, Norway. Thus, it provides fresh and original insights into the lives and work of these leading scholars. It features conversations with Didier Fassin, Angelique Haugerud, Ruben Andersson, Claudio Lomnitz, David Price, Magnus Marsden, Richard Ashby Wilson, and Parvis Ghassem-Fachandi, in addition to an introduction by Sindre Bangstad and a preface by Thomas Hylland Eriksen. 

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bangstad, Sindre

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Politische Ethnologie, Recht, Organisation, Identität
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Anthropological Publics, Public Anthropology: An Introduction.- 2. Matti Bunzl.- 3. John L. and Jean Comaroff.- 4.  Magnus Marsden.- 5. John R. Bowen.- 6. Richard Ashby Wilson.- 7. Claudio Lomnitz.- 8. David H. Price.- 9. Didier Fassin.

Über Autor(innen)

Sindre Bangstad is a social anthropologist and researcher at KIFO, the Institute for the Church, Religion, and Worldview Research in Oslo, Norway. Bangstad has undertaken ethnographic research in Norway and South Africa, and is the author of (2014) and (2015).