| Description |
xvi, 232 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Reconfiguring modernity and development from an anthropological perspective / Alberto Arce and Norman Long -- 2. Creating or regulating development: representing modernities through language and discourse / Alberto Arce -- 3. Modernisation without the market? The case of the 'Soviet East' / Deniz Kandiyoti -- 4. Islamisms and the decivilising processes of globalisation / Azza M. Karam -- 5. The spectacle of modernity: blood, microscopes and mirrors in colonial Tanganyika / Eleanor Fisher and Alberto Arce -- 6. Development discourse and its subversion: decivilisation, depoliticisation and dispossession in West Africa / James Fairhead -- 7. On the anticipation of violence: modernity and identity in Southern Sri Lanka / Pradeep Jeganathan -- 8. At the frontiers of the modern state in post-war Guatemala / Finn Stepputat |
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9. Vital force, avenging spirits and zombies: discourses on drug addiction among Surinamese Creole migrants in Amsterdam / Ineke van Wetering and Paul van Gelder -- 10. Consuming modernity: mutational processes of change / Alberto Arce and Norman Long -- 11. Exploring local/global transformations: a view from anthropology / Norman Long |
| Summary |
"While the diffusion of modernity and the spread of development schemes may bring prosperity, optimism and opportunity for some, for others it has brought poverty, a deterioration in quality of life and has given rise to violence. This collection brings an anthropological perspective to bear on understanding the diverse modernities we face in the contemporary world. It provides a critical review of interpretations of development and modernity, supported by rigorous case studies from regions as diverse as Guatemala, Sri Lanka, West Africa and contemporary Europe."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Applied anthropology -- Developing countries.
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Economic development -- Developing countries.
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Economic development.
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Rural development -- Developing countries.
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Social change -- Developing countries.
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Violence -- Developing countries.
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| SUBJECT |
Developing countries -- Economic policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102080
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Developing countries http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85037341 -- Social policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008646
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| Author |
Arce, Alberto, 1952-
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Long, Norman.
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| LC no. |
98054357 |
| ISBN |
0415204992 (cased) |
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041520500X (paperback) |
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