Power and Its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics (Pluto Anthropology)

Power and Its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics (Pluto Anthropology)

by JohnGledhill (Author)

Synopsis

Anthropologists now argue that their perspectives help those in the North understand themselves in a world that is experiencing profound changes. In exploring this argument what emerges from this work is a multilayered complexity of political relations which include symbols and rituals associated with political action. The emergent New World Order is pregnant with symptoms of crisis, ranging from explosive nationalisms of the former Soviet Empire and the gunmen of Mogadishu, to the increasing stoicism of the public of western democracies towards the political process. This book explores the differences between the experience and nature of power in different kinds of societies and presents a study of informal power relations, social movements and power in everyday life. The book ends with a discussion of the political role of anthropology itself, a discipline born in colonialism which nevertheless confronts its largely middle-class practitioners with an uncomfortably close view of both the needs and struggles of individuals and communities facing injustice and oppression.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 248
Edition: 2
Publisher: Pluto Press
Published: 20 Jan 1994

ISBN 10: 0745307396
ISBN 13: 9780745307398

Author Bio
John Gledhill is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester. He is the managing editor of the journal Critique of Anthropology, and his other publications include Casi Nada: A Study of Land reform in the Homeland of Cardenismo and Neoliberalism, Transnationalization and Rural Poverty.