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ANTHROPOLOGIES OF MODERNITY
FOUCAULT, GOVERNMENTALITY, AND LIFE POLITICS |
| By: |
Jonathan Xavier Inda (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£95.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0631228268 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780631228264 |
| Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
13 July, 2005 |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
* Treats modernity as an ethnographic object by focusing on its concrete manifestations. * Tackles issues of broad interest: from colonialism and globalization to war, genetics, and AIDS. * Draws on work from North and South America, Europe, Africa, and South and Southeast Asia. |
| Synopsis: |
This book brings together a range of anthropological writings that are inspired by the French philosopher Michel Foucault and examine Foucault's contribution to current theories of modernity. This work: treats modernity as an ethnographic object by focusing on its concrete manifestations; tackles issues of broad interest: from colonialism and globalization to war, genetics, and AIDS; and, draws on work from North and South America, Europe, Africa, and South and Southeast Asia. Contributors include James Ferguson, Akhil Gupta, Aihwa Ong, Paul Rabinow, and Rayna Rapp. |
| Illustrations: |
2 |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd) |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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