After The Crisis: Anthropological Thought, Neoliberalism And The Aftermath (routledge Studies In Anthropology)
by James G. Carrier /
2016 / English / PDF
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After the Crisis: Anthropological Thought, Neoliberalism and
the Aftermath
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.
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.