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View Culture Meets Power, Paperback by Barrett, Stanley R., Brand New, Free shippi... with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. 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. Culture Meets Power, Paperback by Barrett, Stanley R., ISBN 0275978087, ISBN-13 9780275978082, Brand New, 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. 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