Culture Meets Power

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View Culture Meets Power with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. Language: English. Number of Pages: 160. Weight: 0.57 lbs. Publication Date: 2002-12-30. Publisher: Praeger. Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: Culture Meets Power ISBN13: 9780275978082 ISBN10: 0275978087 Author: Barrett, Stanley (Author) Description: In Recent Years The Concept Of Power Has Soared To The Top Of The Anthropological Agenda, While The Concept Of Culture Has Been Found Inadequate In Understanding The Contemporary World The Purposes Of This Study Are To Explain Why Power Has Become A Central Interest In The Discipline, To Evaluate The Explanatory Potential Of Power, To Demonstrate How To Analyze Power In The Ethnographic Context, And To Consider Whether The Culture Concept Can Be Salvaged In Chapter One The Process By Which The Profile Of Power Became Elevated As A Result Of Globalization Is Analyzed; Included Here Is The Critique Of Culture In Chapter Two, A Broad Overview Of The Conception Of Power From Early Political Anthropology To Key Works In Philosophy, Political Science, And Political Sociology Is Attempted Some Anthropologists Have Recently Tried To Rescue The Culture Concept; This Is The Focus Of Chapter Three Although The Argument In This Study Is That Power Is Fundamentally Important, It Would Be A Mistake To Think That Power Is Any Less Ambiguous Than Culture Or Any Other Concept; Thus, In Chapter Four It Is Shown That For Each Of 20 Major Assumptions About Power, There Is A Plausible Counter-Assumption Chapter Five Ties The Study Together By Exploring The Debates About Power In The Context Of Ethnography The Study Ends With A Postscript On The Terrorist Attacks On America Of September 11, 2001--A Poignant Reminder That Culture And Power Sometimes Intersect To Produce Human Tragedy On A Grand Scale Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: Praeger Publication Date: 2002-12-30 Weight: 0.57 lbs Dimensions: 0.48'' H x 9.24'' L x 6.4'' W Number of Pages: 160 Language: English Condition: Brand New. Category: Books & Magazines › Textbooks, Education & Reference › Textbooks.

Book Title

Culture Meets Power

ISBN

9780275978082

Subject Area

Social Science

Publication Name

Culture Meets Power

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Item Length

9.2 in

Subject

Human Geography, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Sociology / Social Theory

Publication Year

2002

Type

Textbook

Format

Trade Paperback

Language

English

Item Height

0.3 in

Author

Stanley R. Barrett

Item Weight

8.3 Oz

Item Width

6.1 in

Number of Pages

160 Pages