Grappling with societies and institutions in an era of socio-ecological crisis : journey of a radical anthropologist / Hans A. Baer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baer, Hans A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baer, Hans A. 1944-.

Baer, Hans A.

Anthropology.

Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Emigration and immigration.

Human ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 269 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York, NY : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2026.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2020.

System Details:

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Summary:

Grappling with Societies and Institutions in an Era of Socio-Ecological Crisis is an autobiographical ethnography of the journey through various societies and institutions and how they function in the midst of an era of socio-ecological crises. The volume traces the steps of the author in becoming a radical anthropologist, namely through the experience of immigration and naturalization from Peru to the United States and then to Australia, politicization while working as an engineer in the aircraft industry during the late 1960s, socialization in and subsequent exit from Roman Catholicism, and experiences as an academic working in the corporate university. As well, the author illuminates the practices of research and engagement as a scholar-activist on various topics, such as the Levites of Utah and African American Spiritual churches, socio-political and religious life in East Germany, complementary and alternative medicine, the Australian climate movement, and democratic eco-socialism.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I THE MAKING OF A RADICAL ANTHROPOLOGIST

1. Immigration and Naturalization: From Peru to the United States and Then to Australia

2. The 1960s and the Aircraft Industry Company: Being Politicized within the Bowels of the Corporation during the 1960s

3. Roman Catholicism: Leaving the Womb of Holy Mother the Church

4. The Corporatization of Academia: From the Bush Leagues to an Elite Australian University

pt. II STUDYING SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS

5. Studies in Religion: Ethnographic Research among the Levites of Utah and African American Spiritual Churches

6. Sociopolitical and Religious Life in East Germany: Observations of a Fulbright Scholar and Ethnographer

7. Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia: Hanging Out with the "Quacks"

8. The Australian Climate Movement: Coming to Grips with the Ecological Crisis Down Under and Globally

9. Toward Democratic Eco-Socialism as an Alternative World System

10. Retirement: Refusing to Retire from Life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-45979-8

9798765184301

1-7936-3746-6

OCLC:

1569777916