1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910208842503321

Titolo

Anthropology, development, and modernities : exploring discourses, counter-tendencies, and violence / / edited by Alberto Arce and Norman Long

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2000

ISBN

1-134-62842-0

1-134-62843-9

0-415-20499-2

1-280-06666-0

0-203-45089-2

Descrizione fisica

xiv, 231 p

Altri autori (Persone)

ArceAlberto <1952->

LongNorman

Disciplina

306/.091724

Soggetti

Applied anthropology - Developing countries

Rural development - Developing countries

Social change - Developing countries

Violence - Developing countries

Developing countries Social policy

Developing countries Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1 Reconfiguring modernity and development from an anthropological perspective / ALBERTO ARCE -- chapter 2 Creating or regulating development -- chapter 3 Modernisation without the market? -- chapter 4 Islamisms and the decivilising processes of globalisation / AZZA M.KARAM -- chapter 5 The spectacle of modernity -- chapter 6 Development discourse and its subversion -- chapter 7 On the anticipation of violence -- chapter 8 At the frontiers of the modern state in post-war Guatemala / FINN STEPPUTAT -- chapter 9 Vital force, avenging spirits and zombies -- chapter 10 Consuming modernity: mutational processes of change / ALBERTO ARCE -- chapter 11 Exploring local/global transformations.