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Radical Egalitarianism : Local Realities, Global Relations / ed. by Felicity Aulino, Miriam Goheen, Stanley J. Tambiah.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 p.) : 5 Illustrations, black and white
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2022]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- In this volume, leading scholars in anthropology, religion, and area studies engage global and local perspectives dialectically to develop a historically grounded, ethnographically driven social science. The book’s chapters, drawing on research in East and Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas, are also in conversation with the extensive work of editor and contributor Stanley J. Tambiah: They all investigate some aspect of what Tambiah has called “multiple orientations to the world.” The implicit focus throughout is on human cultural differences and the historically constituted nature of the political potentialities (both positive and negative) that stem from these. As a whole, then, the volume promotes an approach to scholarship that actively avoids privileging any one conceptual framework or cultural form at the expense of recognizing another—a style of inquiry that the editors call “radical egalitarianism.” Together, these scholars encourage a comparative examination of contemporary societies, provide insights into the historical development of social scientific and sociopolitical categories, and raise vital questions about the possibilities for achieving equality and justice in the presence of competing realities in the global world today. Michael M.J. Fischer’s Afterword provides a brilliant exegesis of Tambiah’s multifaceted oeuvre, outlining the primary themes that inform his scholarship and, by extension, all the chapters in this book.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: Engaging Radical Egalitarianism
- Part I. Religion, trade, and transnational networks via thailand
- The Charisma of Saints and the Cult of Relics, Amulets, and Tomb Shrines
- Understanding Social Totalities: Stanley Tambiah’s Early Contribution to Sociology of Thai Buddhism
- Transnational Buddhism and the Transformation of Local Power in Thailand
- A Muslim King and His Buddhist Subjects: Religion, Power, and Identity at the Periphery of the Thai State
- Part II. Cosmologies, ideologies, and localities
- Economies of Ghosts, Gods, and Goods: The History and Anthropology of Chinese Temple Networks
- Trade, Religion, and Civic Relations in the Manangi Long-Distance Trade Community
- Cosmologies of Welfare: Two Conceptions of Social Assistance in Contemporary South Africa
- “A Recurrence of Structures” in Collapsing Nigeria
- People and Ideas Travel Together: Tambiah’s Approach to Ritual and Cosmology in Brazil
- Paradoxes of Order in Thai Community Politics
- Part III. Violence, political conflict, and humanitarian intervention
- Structural Work: How Microhistories Become Macrohistories and Vice Versa
- Perspectives on the Politics of Peace in Aceh, Indonesia
- A Tale of Two Affects: Humanitarianism and Professionalism in Red Cross Aid Work
- At the Base of Local and Transnational Conflicts: The Political Uses of Inferiorization
- Afterword. Galactic Polities, Radical Egalitarianism, and the Practice of Anthropology: Tambiah on Logical Paradoxes, Social Contradictions, and Cultural Oscillations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- List of Contributors
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mrz 2022)
- ISBN:
- 0-8232-9247-9
- OCLC:
- 1306541345
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