Does East Go West? : Anthropological Pathways Through Postsocialism

ISBN-13: 9783643801647 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 248 str.

Christian Giordano; Francois Ruegg; Andrea Boscoboinik

Opis

Does East Go West? examines the study of post-socialism from an anthropological perspective. These social systems have posed a challenge to anthropological theory that has been the subject of lively exchanges for over 20 years now. Can post-socialism as a concept adequately apply to the current situation in Eastern Europe? One of the answers proposed here is that specific elements derived from postcolonial studies may prove very useful in analyzing Eastern Europe's post-socialist countries. (Series: Freiburg Studies in Social Anthropology / Freiburger Sozialanthropologische Studien / Etudes d'Anthropologie Sociale de l'Universite de Fribourg - Vol. 38)

O autorze

Christian Giordano is full professor of social anthropology at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) and doctor honoris causa at the University of Timisoara (Romania).