The Anthropology Of Politics - A Reader In Ethnography, Theory And Critique

基本信息出版社:Wiley-Blackwell; 1 (2002年2月11日)丛书名:Wiley-Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology精装:488页正文语种:英语ISBN:0631224394条形码:9780631224396商品尺寸:25.2 x 17.1 x 3 cm商品重量:957 gASIN:0631224394商品描述内容简介InThe Anthropology of Politics: A Reader in Ethnography, Theory and Critique, editor Joan Vincent offers her readers a selection of classic and contemporary articles on the anthropology of politics. Her introduction, headnotes, and suggested readings make this an indispensable resource for students, scholars, and instructors alike.专业书评"The best and most provocative essays by anthropologists on politics, power, colonialism, nationalism, and globalization. This volume showcases the strengths of anthropological analysis: bringing detailed ethnographic and historical analysis to the understanding of the most pressing issues that contemporary societies face."

—Louise Lamphere, University of New Mexico"Joan Vincent has a rare grasp of anthropology's past and vision of its future. The twenty-first-century renewal of political anthropology will be excellently served by her thoughtful assemblage of foundational texts, modern classics, recent achievements, and current controversies."

—Ulf Hannerz, Stockholm University"In this incomparable volume, Joan Vincent has brilliantly compiled the key texts in the anthropological study of politics. Suitable as a textbook for the beginning student and as a reference work for the professional academic, it will appeal to scholars in many different disciplines. Not only does this volume provide readers with a genealogy of an anthropological approach to politics, it introduces or reacquaints them with some of its most important contemporary contributors."

—Akhil Gupta, Stanford University