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Anthropology in Motion, 4 - Encounters with current trajectories of scholarship from Austria (Hardcover): Andre Gingrich Anthropology in Motion, 4 - Encounters with current trajectories of scholarship from Austria (Hardcover)
Andre Gingrich; Contributions by Ayse ÇaÄŸlar, Thomas Fillitz, Chris Hann, Stephan Kloos, …
R2,153 Discovery Miles 21 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Anthropology in Austria has come a long way, in terms of achieving diversity, growth and international visibility, since first emerging in Vienna, the capital of the former Habsburg Empire, and now of one of its main successor countries. This volume combines elements of critical self-reflection about that academic past with confidence in the intellectual currents presently in motion across the discipline. As with the country’s contributions to world literature and music, the trajectory of social-cultural anthropology may be seen as a good example of the global relevance of research in Austria within the humanities and social sciences. This ‘anthropology in motion’ situates itself at the intersections between contemporary and historical research, but also often between the natural and the social sciences. It shows a commitment to conceptual and theoretical pluralism, but, equally importantly, a dedication to the maintenance and improvement of standards of methodological quality. Whether empirical research is focused on studies at home or abroad, the blending of renewed forms of ethnographic fieldwork with solid comparative analyses and archival research characterizes many of these ongoing advances.

Financialization - Relational Approaches (Hardcover): Chris Hann, Don Kalb Financialization - Relational Approaches (Hardcover)
Chris Hann, Don Kalb
R3,021 Discovery Miles 30 210 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Beginning with an original historical vision of financialization in human history, this volume then continues with a rich set of contemporary ethnographic case studies from Europe, Asia and Africa. Authors explore the ways in which finance inserts itself into relationships of class and kinship, how it adapts to non-Western religious traditions, and how it reconfigures legal and ecological dimensions of social organization, and urban social relations in general. Central themes include the indebtedness of individuals and households, the impact of digital technologies, the struggle for housing, financial education, and political contestation.

Economy and Ritual - Studies of Postsocialist Transformations (Hardcover): Stephen Gudeman, Chris Hann Economy and Ritual - Studies of Postsocialist Transformations (Hardcover)
Stephen Gudeman, Chris Hann
R3,016 Discovery Miles 30 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

According to accepted wisdom, rational practices and ritual action are opposed. Rituals drain wealth from capital investment and draw on a mode of thought different from practical ideas. The studies in this volume contest this view. Comparative, historical, and contemporary, the six ethnographies extend from Macedonia to Kyrgyzstan. Each one illuminates the economic and ritual changes in an area as it emerged from socialism and (re-)entered market society. Cutting against the idea that economy only means markets and that market action exhausts the meaning of economy, the studies show that much of what is critical for a people's economic life takes place outside markets and hinges on ritual, understood as the negation of the everyday world of economising.

Work, Society, and the Ethical Self - Chimeras of Freedom in the Neoliberal Era (Hardcover): Chris Hann Work, Society, and the Ethical Self - Chimeras of Freedom in the Neoliberal Era (Hardcover)
Chris Hann
R3,016 Discovery Miles 30 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Primarily on the basis of ethnographic case-studies from around the world, this volume links investigations of work to questions of personal and professional identity and social relations. In the era of digitalized neoliberalism, particular attention is paid to notions of freedom, both collective (in social relations) and individual (in subjective experiences). These cannot be investigated separately. Rather than juxtapose economy with ethics (or the profitable with the good), the authors uncover complex entanglements between the drudgery experienced by most people in the course of making a living and ideals of emancipated personhood.

Industrial Labor on the Margins of Capitalism - Precarity, Class, and the Neoliberal Subject (Paperback): Chris Hann, Jonathan... Industrial Labor on the Margins of Capitalism - Precarity, Class, and the Neoliberal Subject (Paperback)
Chris Hann, Jonathan Parry
R1,015 Discovery Miles 10 150 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Bringing together ethnographic case studies of industrial labor from different parts of the world, Industrial Labor on the Margins of Capitalism explores the increasing casualization of workforces and the weakening power of organized labor. This division owes much to state policies and is reflected in local understandings of class. By exploring this relationship, these essays question the claim that neoliberal ideology has become the new 'commonsense' of our times and suggest various propositions about the conditions that create employment regimes based on flexible labor.

Financialization - Relational Approaches (Paperback): Chris Hann, Don Kalb Financialization - Relational Approaches (Paperback)
Chris Hann, Don Kalb
R900 Discovery Miles 9 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Beginning with an original historical vision of financialization in human history, this volume then continues with a rich set of contemporary ethnographic case studies from Europe, Asia and Africa. Authors explore the ways in which finance inserts itself into relationships of class and kinship, how it adapts to non-Western religious traditions, and how it reconfigures legal and ecological dimensions of social organization, and urban social relations in general. Central themes include the indebtedness of individuals and households, the impact of digital technologies, the struggle for housing, financial education, and political contestation.

Industrial Labor on the Margins of Capitalism - Precarity, Class, and the Neoliberal Subject (Hardcover): Chris Hann, Jonathan... Industrial Labor on the Margins of Capitalism - Precarity, Class, and the Neoliberal Subject (Hardcover)
Chris Hann, Jonathan Parry
R3,338 Discovery Miles 33 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Bringing together ethnographic case studies of industrial labor from different parts of the world, Industrial Labor on the Margins of Capitalism explores the increasing casualization of workforces and the weakening power of organized labor. This division owes much to state policies and is reflected in local understandings of class. By exploring this relationship, these essays question the claim that neoliberal ideology has become the new 'commonsense' of our times and suggest various propositions about the conditions that create employment regimes based on flexible labor.

Oikos and Market - Explorations in Self-Sufficiency after Socialism (Hardcover): Stephen Gudeman, Chris Hann Oikos and Market - Explorations in Self-Sufficiency after Socialism (Hardcover)
Stephen Gudeman, Chris Hann
R3,014 Discovery Miles 30 140 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Self-sufficiency of the house is practiced in many parts of the world but ignored in economic theory, just as socialist collectivization is assumed to have brought household self-sufficiency to an end. The ideals of self-sufficiency, however, continue to shape economic activity in a wide range of postsocialist settings. This volume's six comparative studies of postsocialist villages in Eastern Europe and Asia illuminate the enduring importance of the house economy, which is based not on the market but on the order of the house. These formations show that economies depend not only on the macro institutions of markets and states but also on the micro institutions of families, communities, and house economies, often in an uneasy relationship.

Oikos and Market - Explorations in Self-Sufficiency after Socialism (Paperback): Stephen Gudeman, Chris Hann Oikos and Market - Explorations in Self-Sufficiency after Socialism (Paperback)
Stephen Gudeman, Chris Hann
R885 Discovery Miles 8 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Self-sufficiency of the house is practiced in many parts of the world but ignored in economic theory, just as socialist collectivization is assumed to have brought household self-sufficiency to an end. The ideals of self-sufficiency, however, continue to shape economic activity in a wide range of postsocialist settings. This volume's six comparative studies of postsocialist villages in Eastern Europe and Asia illuminate the enduring importance of the house economy, which is based not on the market but on the order of the house. These formations show that economies depend not only on the macro institutions of markets and states but also on the micro institutions of families, communities, and house economies, often in an uneasy relationship.

Anthropology and Civilizational Analysis - Eurasian Explorations (Paperback): Johann P. Arnason, Chris Hann Anthropology and Civilizational Analysis - Eurasian Explorations (Paperback)
Johann P. Arnason, Chris Hann
R815 Discovery Miles 8 150 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Market and Society - The Great Transformation Today (Hardcover): Chris Hann, Keith Hart Market and Society - The Great Transformation Today (Hardcover)
Chris Hann, Keith Hart
R2,833 Discovery Miles 28 330 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Karl Polanyi's 1944 book, The Great Transformation, offered a radical critique of how the market system has affected society and humanity since the industrial revolution. This volume brings together contributions from distinguished scholars in economic anthropology, sociology and political economy to consider Polanyi's theories in the light of circumstances today, when the relationship between market and society has again become a focus of intense political and scientific debate. It demonstrates the relevance of Polanyi's ideas to various theoretical traditions in the social sciences and provides new perspectives on topics such as money, risk, work and the family. The case studies present materials from around the world, including Britain, China, India, Jamaica and Nigeria. Like Polanyi's original work, the critical engagement of these essays will be of interest to a wide readership.

Economy and Ritual - Studies of Postsocialist Transformations (Paperback): Stephen Gudeman, Chris Hann Economy and Ritual - Studies of Postsocialist Transformations (Paperback)
Stephen Gudeman, Chris Hann
R883 Discovery Miles 8 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

According to accepted wisdom, rational practices and ritual action are opposed. Rituals drain wealth from capital investment and draw on a mode of thought different from practical ideas. The studies in this volume contest this view. Comparative, historical, and contemporary, the six ethnographies extend from Macedonia to Kyrgyzstan. Each one illuminates the economic and ritual changes in an area as it emerged from socialism and (re-)entered market society. Cutting against the idea that economy only means markets and that market action exhausts the meaning of economy, the studies show that much of what is critical for a people's economic life takes place outside markets and hinges on ritual, understood as the negation of the everyday world of economising.

Civil Society - Challenging Western Models (Hardcover, Reissue): Elizabeth Dunn, Chris Hann Civil Society - Challenging Western Models (Hardcover, Reissue)
Elizabeth Dunn, Chris Hann
R4,483 Discovery Miles 44 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The term 'civil society' has in recent years enjoyed something of a vogue. Social scientists in many countries have enthusiastically endorsed it as an ideal model of social organization, but from an anthropological point of view this seems odd. How can an elusive idea that is clearly European in origin - and which, on closer scrutiny, throws little light even on the current social realities in Europe - gain the status of a universal perspective model? Civil society is often presented as a distinct private sphere and equated with the voluntary or non-governmental sector. The contributors to Civil Society challenge such narrow definitions in the light of ethnographic research. They argue for a broader understanding of civil society, encompassing a range of everyday social practices, often elusive power relations and the many material constraints that influence shared moralities and ideologies. Drawing on case materials from the USA, Britain, four of the former communist countries of Eastern Europe, Turkey and the Middle East, Indonesia, China and Japan, the studies presented here demonstrate the contribution that anthropology can make to the current debate in the social sciences. They also add up to an exciting renewal of the agenda for political anthropology.

Civil Society - Challenging Western Models (Paperback): Elizabeth Dunn, Chris Hann Civil Society - Challenging Western Models (Paperback)
Elizabeth Dunn, Chris Hann
R1,528 Discovery Miles 15 280 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


Between kinship ties on the one hand and the state on the other, human beings experience a diversity of social relationships and groupings which in modern western thought have come to be gathered under the label 'civil society'. A liberal-individualist model of civil society has become fashionable in recent years, but what can such a term mean in the late twentieth century?
Civil Society argues that civil society should not be studied as a separate, 'private' realm clearly separated in opposition to the state; nor should it be confined to the institutions of the 'voluntary' or 'non-governmental' sector. A broader understanding of civil society involves the investigation of everyday social practices, often elusive power relations and the shared moralities that hold communities together. By drawing on case materials from a range of contemporary societies, including the US, Britain, four of the former Communist countries of Eastern Europe, Turkey and the Middle and Far East, Civil Society demonstrates what anthropology contributes to debates taking place throughout the social sciences; adding up to an exciting renewal of the agenda for political anthropology.

The Anthropological Field on the Margins of Europe,1945-1991, 29 (Paperback): Aleksandar Boskovic, Chris Hann The Anthropological Field on the Margins of Europe,1945-1991, 29 (Paperback)
Aleksandar Boskovic, Chris Hann
R1,125 R1,007 Discovery Miles 10 070 Save R118 (10%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The social lives of the peoples of the Balkans have long stimulated the imagination of their northern European neighbours, including anthropologists. Yet these peoples and places have anthropological traditions of their own, shaped initially by nationalist movements and later (more superficially) by socialism and other political constraints. This volume explores the anthropological field between Greece and Slovenia when political pressures were strongest, in the era of the Cold War. However, the environments were by no means uniformly repressive. These studies provide indispensable insights for new generations pursuing innovative research agendas in this region in the new century; they also raise deeper issues about the boundaries and substance of the anthropological endeavour.

Head Over Heels Forever - Save Your Marriage, Your Sanity, and Your Sex Life (Before It's Too Late) (Paperback): Chris... Head Over Heels Forever - Save Your Marriage, Your Sanity, and Your Sex Life (Before It's Too Late) (Paperback)
Chris Hann, Melina Hann, Karl Nilsson
R594 Discovery Miles 5 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Market and Society - The Great Transformation Today (Paperback): Chris Hann, Keith Hart Market and Society - The Great Transformation Today (Paperback)
Chris Hann, Keith Hart
R1,155 Discovery Miles 11 550 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Karl Polanyi's 1944 book, The Great Transformation, offered a radical critique of how the market system has affected society and humanity since the industrial revolution. This 2009 volume brings together contributions from distinguished scholars in economic anthropology, sociology and political economy to consider Polanyi's theories in the light of circumstances today, when the relationship between market and society has again become a focus of intense political and scientific debate. It demonstrates the relevance of Polanyi's ideas to various theoretical traditions in the social sciences and provides perspectives on topics such as money, risk, work and the family. The case studies present materials from around the world, including Britain, China, India, Jamaica and Nigeria. Like Polanyi's original work, the critical engagement of these essays will be of interest to a wide readership.

The Great Dispossession - Uyghurs Between Civilizations (Paperback): Ildik o Bell er-Hann, Chris Hann The Great Dispossession - Uyghurs Between Civilizations (Paperback)
Ildik o Bell er-Hann, Chris Hann
R1,021 Discovery Miles 10 210 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Eastern Christians in Anthropological Perspective (Paperback): Chris Hann, Hermann Goltz Eastern Christians in Anthropological Perspective (Paperback)
Chris Hann, Hermann Goltz
R876 R805 Discovery Miles 8 050 Save R71 (8%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Sociocultural anthropologists have taken increasing interest in the global communities established by Roman Catholic and Protestant churches, but the many streams of Eastern Christianity have so far been neglected. "Eastern Christians in Anthropological Perspective" fills this gap in the literature. The essays in this pioneering collection examine the primary distinguishing features of the Eastern traditions - iconography, hymnology, ritual, and pilgrimage - through meticulous ethnographic analysis. Particular attention is paid to the revitalization of Orthodox and Greek Catholic churches that were repressed under Marxist-Leninist regimes.

Eastern Christians in Anthropological Perspective (Hardcover, New): Chris Hann, Hermann Goltz Eastern Christians in Anthropological Perspective (Hardcover, New)
Chris Hann, Hermann Goltz
R2,069 R1,955 Discovery Miles 19 550 Save R114 (6%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Sociocultural anthropologists have taken increasing interest in the global communities established by Roman Catholic and Protestant churches, but the many streams of Eastern Christianity have so far been neglected. "Eastern Christians in Anthropological Perspective" fills this gap in the literature. The essays in this pioneering collection examine the primary distinguishing features of the Eastern traditions - iconography, hymnology, ritual, and pilgrimage - through meticulous ethnographic analysis. Particular attention is paid to the revitalization of Orthodox and Greek Catholic churches that were repressed under Marxist-Leninist regimes.

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