Akhil Gupta / Aradhana Sharma (eds.)

The Anthropology of the State

A Reader
Herausgeber: Gupta, Akhil; Sharma, Aradhana

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Combines classic theoretical texts with cutting edge anthropological works. Focuses on the institutions, spaces, ideas, practices, and representations that constitute the "state". Promotes cultural and transnational approaches to the subject.

Produktdetails

• Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology
• Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 740g
• ISBN-13: 9781405114684
• ISBN-10: 1405114681
• Artikelnr.: 21354405

Autorenporträt

Aradhana Sharma is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Women's Studies at Wesleyan University. Akhil Gupta is Associate Professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology at Stanford University. His previous publications include Anthropological Locations: Boundaries and Grounds of a Field Science (ed. 1997), Culture, Power, Place: Explorations in Critical Anthropology (ed. 1997), Postcolonial Developments: Agriculture in the Making of Modern India (1998), and Caste and Outcast (ed. 2002).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements.

Organization of the Book.

Introduction: Rethinking Theories of the State in an Age ofGlobalization.

Part I: Theoretical Maps: The "Classics".

Section Introduction.

1. Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses (Notes Towards anInvestigation): Louis Althusser.

2. Selections from the Prison Notebooks: Antonio Gramsci.

3. Bureaucracy: Max Weber.

4. Notes on the Difficulty of Studying the State: PhilipAbrams.

5. Governmentality: Michel Foucault.

6. Governing "Advanced" Liberal Democracies: NikolasRose.

Part II: Ethnographic Mappings.

Section I: Bureaucracy/Governmentality.

7. Finding the Man in the State: Wendy Brown.

8. Society, Economy, and the State Effect: Timothy Mitchell.

9. Blurred Boundaries: The Discourse of Corruption, the Cultureof Politics, and the Imagined State: Akhil Gupta.

Section II: Development/Planning.

10. Cities, People, and Language: James Scott.

11. The Anti-Politics Machine: Jim Ferguson.

Section III: Welfare/Warfare/Law/Citizenship.

12. The Public/Private Mirage: Mapping Homes and UndomesticatingViolence Work in the South Asian Immigrant Community: AnanyaBhattarcharjee.

13. Cultural Logics of Belonging and Movement: Transnationalism,Naturalization, and U.S. Immigration Politics: Susan BiblerCoutin.

14. Making War at Home in the United States: Militarization andthe Current Crisis: Catherine Lutz.

Section IV: Popular Culture.

15. Popular Culture and the State: Stuart Hall.

16. The Banality of Power and the Aesthetics of Vulgarity in thePostcolony: Achille Mbembe.

Index

Rezensionen

"[This) volume's refreshing theoretical approach and range ofempirical examples should make it a valuable teaching and referencebook for all those concerned with the challenging questions posedby the state." Political Studies Review

"This is a nuanced, original framework for thinking aboutthe state as a highly variable phenomenon of emergent world orders.With its expert selection of readings and comprehensive analysis,this volume is bound to become a standard reference and popularteaching tool." George Marcus, University ofCalifornia, Irvine

"The Anthropology of the State will be an importantresource for teaching and for introducing students to new questionsin anthropology. This collection offers a nice balance ofhistorical and contemporary writings and a lucid introduction thatadvances theoretical claims about the state with the help ofethnographic examples. Contemporary globalization and transnationalsystems that are redefining the functions of the state make this anopportune moment for a serious reexamination of the processes ofgovernance." Veena Das, Johns HopkinsUniversity

"One key strength of the volume is its coherence andintertextuality...Recommended." K. Brown, BrownUniversity