Anthropology and the New Cosmopolitanism - Rooted, Feminist and Vernacular Perspectives (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Berg Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	ASA Monographs
Release date:	April 2008
First published:	2008
Authors:	Pnina Werbner
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	400
ISBN-13:	978-1-84788-197-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General
LSN:	1-84788-197-1
Barcode:	9781847881977

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