After the Crisis: Anthropological Thought, Neoliberalism and the Aftermath offers a thought-provoking examination of the state of contemporary anthropology, identifying key issues that have confronted the discipline in recent years and linking them to neoliberalism, and suggesting how we might do things differently in the future. The first part of the volume considers how anthropology has come to resemble, as a result of the rise of postmodern and poststructural approaches in the field, key elements of neoliberalism and neoclassical economics by rejecting the idea of system in favour of individuals. It also investigates the effect of the economic crisis on funding and support for higher education and addresses the sense that anthropology has ‘lost its way’, with uncertainty over the purpose and future of the discipline. The second part of the book explores how the discipline can overcome its difficulties and place itself on a firmer foundation, suggesting ways that we can productively combine the debates of the late twentieth century with a renewed sense that people live their lives not as individuals, but as enmeshed in webs of relationship and obligation.
Edited by:
James G. Carrier Imprint: Routledge Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 13mm
Weight: 453g ISBN:9781138100855 ISBN 10: 1138100854 Series:Routledge Studies in Anthropology Pages: 212 Publication Date:23 February 2016 Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
James G. Carrier is Associate at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany. He is also Hon. Research Associate at Oxford Brookes University, UK, and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at the University of Indiana, USA.