Anthropology Politics and the State: (Record no. 2024)
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| fixed length control field | nam a22 7a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780521722124 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 306.20954 J697 A |
| Item number | 101954 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Jonathan Spencer |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Anthropology Politics and the State: |
| Remainder of title | Democracy and Violence in South Asia |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication | New Delhi |
| Name of publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Date of publication | 2007 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 203 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | 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 two decades of war. Bringing together and linking the themes of democracy identity and conflict this important new study shows how anthropology can take a central role in understanding other people’s politics especially the issues that seem to have divided the world since 9/11. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1. The strange death of political anthropology; 2. Locating the political; 3. Culture nation and misery; 4. Performing democracy; 5. The state and self-making; 6. The state and violence; 7. Pluralism in theory pluralism in practice; 8. Politics and counter-politics. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Political anthropology |
| -- | Politics and culture |
| -- | South Asia |
| -- | Political violence |
| -- | Democracy |
| -- | Ethnic relations |
| -- | Politics and government |
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| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Purchase price | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| Non-fiction | Ubhayabharati | Ubhayabharati | General Stacks | 06/03/2018 | 495.00 | 306.20954 J697 A 101954 | 101954 | 06/03/2018 | Books |