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Words and Worlds
A Lexicon for Dark Times
Taschenbuch von Veena Das
Sprache: Englisch

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Born in a time of anxiety, Words and Worlds examines some of the disquieting challenges that societies now face. Through an inquiry into a political lexicon of commonsense words, ranging from democracy and revolution to knowledge and authority, from inequality and toleration to war and power, the contributors to this book trouble the self-evidence of these terms, bringing into view the hidden transcripts and unexpected trajectories of many settled ideas, such as the human sense of belonging or the call for openness and transparency in research and public life. The case studies conducted over five continents with the tools of eight different disciplines challenge the ethnocentric assumptions, false moralism, and cultural prejudices that underlie much discussion on corruption or even the virtue invested in resilience. The critique of the ubiquitous use of crisis to characterize our times shows how this framing obscures the unjust conditions of existence and the violence of everyday life. Together the essays in this volume offer a fresh look at the deeply connected worlds we inhabit in solidarity and in discord.

Contributors. Banu Bargu, Veena Das, Alex de Waal, Didier Fassin, Peter Geschiere, Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, Caroline Humphrey, Ravi Kanbur, Julieta Lemaitre, Uday S. Mehta, Jan-Werner Müller, Jonathan Pugh, Elizabeth F. Sanders, Todd Sanders
Born in a time of anxiety, Words and Worlds examines some of the disquieting challenges that societies now face. Through an inquiry into a political lexicon of commonsense words, ranging from democracy and revolution to knowledge and authority, from inequality and toleration to war and power, the contributors to this book trouble the self-evidence of these terms, bringing into view the hidden transcripts and unexpected trajectories of many settled ideas, such as the human sense of belonging or the call for openness and transparency in research and public life. The case studies conducted over five continents with the tools of eight different disciplines challenge the ethnocentric assumptions, false moralism, and cultural prejudices that underlie much discussion on corruption or even the virtue invested in resilience. The critique of the ubiquitous use of crisis to characterize our times shows how this framing obscures the unjust conditions of existence and the violence of everyday life. Together the essays in this volume offer a fresh look at the deeply connected worlds we inhabit in solidarity and in discord.

Contributors. Banu Bargu, Veena Das, Alex de Waal, Didier Fassin, Peter Geschiere, Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, Caroline Humphrey, Ravi Kanbur, Julieta Lemaitre, Uday S. Mehta, Jan-Werner Müller, Jonathan Pugh, Elizabeth F. Sanders, Todd Sanders
Über den Autor
Veena Das is Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. She is the author of several books, including Textures of the Ordinary: Doing Anthropology after Wittgenstein.

Didier Fassin is James D. Wolfensohn Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Professor to the Annual Chair in Public Health at the Collège de France. He is the author of various books, including Life: A Critical User's Manual.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: From Words to Worlds / Didier Fassin and Veena Das 1
1. Knowledge / Veena Das 19
2. Democracy / Jan-Werner Müller 39
3. Authority / Banu Bargu 61
4. Belonging / Peter Geschiere 83
5. Toleration / Uday S. Mehta 103
6. Power / Alex De Waal 123
7. War / Julieta Lemaitre 143
8. Revolution / Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi 166
9. Corruption / Caroline Humphery 185
10. Openness / Todd Sanders and Elizabeth F. Sanders 205
11. Resilience / Jonathan Pugh 225
12. Inequality / Ravi Kanbur 243
13. Crisis / Didier Fassin 261
Bibliography 277
Contributors 299
Index 303
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 328
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781478014164
ISBN-10: 1478014164
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion: Das, Veena
Hersteller: Duke University Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Veena Das
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.06.2021
Gewicht: 0,477 kg
preigu-id: 118898462
Über den Autor
Veena Das is Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. She is the author of several books, including Textures of the Ordinary: Doing Anthropology after Wittgenstein.

Didier Fassin is James D. Wolfensohn Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Professor to the Annual Chair in Public Health at the Collège de France. He is the author of various books, including Life: A Critical User's Manual.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: From Words to Worlds / Didier Fassin and Veena Das 1
1. Knowledge / Veena Das 19
2. Democracy / Jan-Werner Müller 39
3. Authority / Banu Bargu 61
4. Belonging / Peter Geschiere 83
5. Toleration / Uday S. Mehta 103
6. Power / Alex De Waal 123
7. War / Julieta Lemaitre 143
8. Revolution / Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi 166
9. Corruption / Caroline Humphery 185
10. Openness / Todd Sanders and Elizabeth F. Sanders 205
11. Resilience / Jonathan Pugh 225
12. Inequality / Ravi Kanbur 243
13. Crisis / Didier Fassin 261
Bibliography 277
Contributors 299
Index 303
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 328
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781478014164
ISBN-10: 1478014164
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion: Das, Veena
Hersteller: Duke University Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Veena Das
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.06.2021
Gewicht: 0,477 kg
preigu-id: 118898462
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