Anthropology, Politics, and the State: Democracy and Violence in South Asia (New Departures in Anthropology)

Name: Anthropology, Politics, and the State: Democracy and Violence in South Asia (New Departures in Anthropology)
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ISBN: 9780521722124

ISBN-10: 0521777461

ISBN-13: 9780521722124

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Authors: Jonathan Spencer

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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 subcontinent. It ends by discussing feminist peace activists in Sri Lanka, struggling to sustain a window of shared humanity after…

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List price: $18.99
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pages: 218
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792