| Anthropology and the New Cosmopolitanism: Rooted, Feminist and Vernacular Perspectives Contributor(s): Werbner, Pnina (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1847881971 ISBN-13: 9781847881977 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2008 Annotation: "Anthropology and the New Cosmopolitanism" breaks new ground in theorizing the role of social anthropology as a discipline that engages with the moral, economic, legal and political transformations and dislocations of a globalizing world. The book's major innovation is to show the way cosmopolitans beyond the North--in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Malaysia, India, Africa, the Middle East and Mexico--juggle universalist commitments with roots in local cultural milieus and particular communities. It introduces the reader to key debates surrounding cosmopolitanism in the social sciences, and is written clearly and accessibly for undergraduates in anthropology and related subjects. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory |
| Dewey: 301 |
| LCCN: 2008005171 |
| Series: ASA Monographs (Berg Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 6.55" W x 9.26" (1.64 lbs) 400 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Anthropology and the New Cosmopolitanism inaugurates a new, situated, cosmopolitan anthropology. It examines the rise of postcolonial movements responsive to global rights movements, which espouse a politics of dignity, cultural difference, democracy, dissent and tolerance. The book starts from the premise that cosmopolitanism is not, and never has been, a 'western', elitist ideal exclusively. The book's major innovation is to show the way cosmopolitans beyond the North--in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Malaysia, India, Africa, the Middle East and Mexico--juggle universalist commitments with roots in local cultural milieus and particular communities.Anthropology and the New Cosmopolitanism breaks new ground in theorizing the role of social anthropology as a discipline that engages with the moral, economic, legal and political transformations and dislocations of a globalizing world. It introduces the reader to key debates surrounding cosmopolitanism in the social sciences, and is written clearly and accessibly for undergraduates in anthropology and related subjects. |
Contributor Bio(s): Werbner, Pnina: - Pnina Werbner is Reader in Social Anthropology at Keele University. |