Theory from the South: Or, How Euro-America is Evolving Toward AfricaAs nation-states in the Northern Hemisphere experience economic crisis, political corruption and racial tension, it seems as though they might be 'evolving' into the kind of societies normally associated with the 'Global South'. Anthropologists Jean and John Comaroff draw on their long experience of living in Africa to address a range of familiar themes - democracy, national borders, labour and capital and multiculturalism. They consider how we might understand these issues by using theory developed in the Global South. Challenging our ideas about 'developed' and 'developing' nations, Theory from the South provides new insights into key problems of our time. |
Contents
A Perspective from Africa | |
Thoughts on Citizenship | |
The Politics of Being and the Problem | |
An Anthropological Take on African Political | |
Memory Evidence and the Forensic Production | |
Zombies Immigrants and Millennial Capitalism | |
AIDS BioPolitics and the Neo World Order | |
Editorial Note | |
Bibliography | |
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Theory from the South: Or, How Euro-America is Evolving Toward Africa Jean Comaroff,John L. Comaroff No preview available - 2012 |
Theory from the South: Or, How Euro-America is Evolving Toward Africa Jean Comaroff,John L. Comaroff No preview available - 2012 |
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