Modern Dharma : Seeking Family Well-Being in Middle-Class Nepal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tiné, Paola.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Newar (Nepalese people)--Social life and customs--21st century.

Newar (Nepalese people).

Dharma.

Moral development--Nepal--Bhaktapur.

Moral development.

Domestic relations--Moral and ethical aspects--Nepal--Bhaktapur.

Domestic relations.

Friendship--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Friendship.

Quality of life--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Quality of life.

Bhaktapur (Nepal)--Social life and customs--21st century.

Bhaktapur (Nepal).

Genre:

Ethnographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2025.

Summary:

"Modern Dharma asks how Nepalese people live dharma, an ethical, good life, in a rapidly-evolving society. In the aftermath of a decade-long civil war that raged between 1996 and 2006, social change accelerated in Nepal as the shift to a market economy and the spread of education and media built the foundation for a new middle class to form. As it did, tension between expressing individual will and the expectation to submit to traditional social hierarchies built. Today, people in Nepal are confronted by the need to restructure moral codes and to care for their families, while at the same time, they face intense pressure to keep up with the cost of education and to find work in an increasingly competitive labor market. Amidst these changes, people make often describe their choices as falling under the broader goal of pursuing well-being. Modern Dharma investigates how and why - amidst often conflicting priorities - people make choices in pursuit of well-being. Anthropologist Paola Tiné investigates why many large families separate into smaller nuclei, while others maintain intra-generational homes. She asks why and how young people seek the support of their friends, while often hiding private desires from their parents. And she investigates the ways that marriage choices and friendship relationships help people navigate the ongoing tangible difficulties engendered by socio-economic change. By delving into the intricacies of domestic lives amongst a growing middle class, Modern Dharma works to center the household and kinship relationships as the places where broader global transitions are reflected, resisted, and negotiated. Providing a new perspective on moral personhood in South Asia, this book ultimately sheds new light on the centrality of kinship relationships in initiating and shaping social change"--Publisher's description.

"In order to understand why premodern republics policed language to a much greater degree than do their modern counterparts, we must recognize what their constituents understood words did. While it may not seem intuitive, it turns out that "what words do" has a history of vital importance for political life"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Laying the groundwork for globalization

Fighting protectionism at home, building factories abroad

Solving the Bretton Woods problem

From anti-globalization to deregulation

International labor pushes back

Free-market dreams come true : from NAFTA to the WTO.

Brechas en educación

Imaginar y pensar la educación desde la innovación y la technología

La autonomía y el mejoramiento de la califad educativa

Calidad docente

Financiación de la educación en Colombia

Hoy lo importante es urgente

Formación posmedia en Colombia.

Peuple souverain : populisme, radicalité, catastrophe

Douze leçons sur le fascisme

Les collaborateurs 1940-145

L'anarchisme de droite : essai sur une idéologie sans doctrine

Du bon usage des catastrophes: six petits textes.

Creating a republican moral order : the invention of civic theology

In through the ears : a medical anthropology of speech

Sins of the tongue : pastoral theology in the res publica

Illicit speech in legal theory and practice : verbal violence in loci sacrati

Transcribing the weaponry of words

The "mere words" of blasphemy : verbal violence and realism in early Italian literature.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781512827347

1512827347

OCLC:

1473769635