Challenging much received wisdom about nation-states-how they form, what sustains them, why they fail-this study of subaltern social groups in the Chachapoyas region of Peru analyzes the emergence of the modern nation-state "from below." By approaching nation-state formation from the perspective of the subaltern, the book offers a critique of scholarship that sees coercion and the imposition of social and cultural forms as the core of nation-state expansion. This "coercive" view bears virtually no relation to the complex transformations in power, culture, and economy that resulted in the...
Challenging much received wisdom about nation-states-how they form, what sustains them, why they fail-this study of subaltern social groups in the Cha...
The last several decades have witnessed major restructurings--economic, political, and cultural--in the international arena. The depth and scope of these changes have prompted anthropologists to rethink many of their most basic assumptions, to problematize issues that have long gone unexamined, and to grapple with new and unique problems. Doing so has left the discipline profoundly unsettled. Existing standards of scholarship and research methodologies have come under attack, key conceptual categories have been called into question, and truths once considered secure have been subjected to...
The last several decades have witnessed major restructurings--economic, political, and cultural--in the international arena. The depth and scope of...
This Companion offers an unprecedented overview of anthropology's unique contribution to the study of politics.
Explores the key concepts and issues of our time - from AIDS, globalization, displacement, and militarization, to identity politics and beyond
Each chapter reflects on concepts and issues that have shaped the anthropology of politics and concludes with thoughts on and challenges for the way ahead
Anthropology's distinctive genre, ethnography, lies at the heart of this volume
This Companion offers an unprecedented overview of anthropology's unique contribution to the study of politics.
