Social- & kulturantropologi

Indigenous leader and activist Ailton Krenak reminds us that we must awaken from the comatose senselessness we have been immersed in since the beginning of the modern colonial …

In response to the damage caused by centuries of colonial ravaging and the current ecological, political and social crises, the leading Indigenous thinker and activist Ailton …

We are living through the consequences of a linguistic revolution. Dramatic linguistic change has left us at the beginning of a new era in the evolution of human language, with …

Paul Willis aims to renew and develop the ethnographic craft across the disciplines. He shows that ethnographic practice and the ethnographic imagination are vital to understanding …

A study of the work of anthropologist Clifford Geertz. In this introduction to his work, Fred Inglis situates Geertz's thought in the context of his life and times, reviewing its …

Stuart Hall is the leading figure in cultural studies today, no one else has had the same influence in the shaping of the field. This book is a full-length study of Hall's work. It …

Many thinkers have used liberal egalitarianism's neutrality on issues of culture to criticize contemporary theories of justice. Brian Barry responsed to this approach in "Culture …

A comprehensive introduction to the issues, concepts and theories through which people have tried to understand consumer culture throughout the modern period. The book features …

This book is a highly original exploration of what life could and should be. It juxtaposes a philosophical enquiry into the nature of the good life with an ethnography of people …

This book provides an accessible introduction to the main features of Chinese society. Drawing on a wealth of material, the author offers an understanding of a unique society that …