Culture and dignity : dialogues between the Middle East and the West

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Culture and dignity : dialogues between the Middle East and the West

Laura Nader

Wiley-Blackwell, 2013

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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ISBN 9781118319000

内容説明

In Culture and Dignity - Dialogues between the Middle East and the West, renowned cultural anthropologist Laura Nader examines the historical and ethnographic roots of the complex relationship between the East and the West, revealing how cultural differences can lead to violence or a more peaceful co-existence. Outlines an anthropology for the 21st century that focuses on the myriad connections between peoples-especially the critical intercultural dialogues between the cultures of the East and the West Takes an historical and ethnographic approach to studying the intermingling of Arab peoples and the West. Demonstrates how cultural exchange between the East and West is a two-way process Presents an anthropological perspective on issues such as religious fundamentalism, the lives of women and children, notions of violence and order

目次

Acknowledgments x Preface xii 1 Introduction 1 Indignities 5 Naturalizing Difference and the Great Transformation 14 Comparison, Ethnography, and History 17 2 From Rifa' ah al-Tahtawi to Edward Said: Lessons in Culture and Dignity 24 Introduction 24 Rifa' ah al-Tahtawi and France 26 A Hundred Years Later: Edward Said 34 Concluding Comments 45 3 Ethnography as Theory: On the Roots of Controversy in Anthropology 51 Introduction 51 Unstated Consensus 54 Defining Ethnographic Worth: 1896-2000 55 Ethnographic Audiences 64 An Outsider Looking In on Anthropology's Ethnography 69 Concluding Comments 74 4 Orientalism, Occidentalism, and the Control of Women 80 Cultural Hierarchy and Processes of Control 83 The Specifi city of Eastern and Western Grids 85 Positional Superiority, Thought Systems, and Other Cultures 87 Ways of Seeing and Comparing - East and West 88 The Controlling Role of Ideas 96 The Use of Revolution in Gender Control 98 Multiple Systems of Female Subordination 102 Colonialism, Development, Religion, and Gender Control 107 Conclusion: The Need to Separate Identities 110 5 Corporate Fundamentalism: Constructing Childhood in the United States and Elsewhere 120 Introduction 120 Manufacturing Culture Bit by Bit 122 Fundamentalisms: Corporate and Religious 126 Marketing and Children: The United States 131 Drugs, Commercialism, and the Biomedical Paradigm: An American Example 137 When Corporate Profits and Education Meet: The Educational Testing Industry 140 Fundamentalisms: Economic, Religious, Political 141 Back to Corporate Fundamentalism: Future Directions 144 6 Culture and the Seeds of Nonviolence in the Middle East 151 Introduction 151 Disharmonic Westernization and Pilgrimage 154 Between the Stereotype and Reality 157 Little Worlds in the International Grip 161 Culture and Nonviolence: Who Stands to Gain From Peace? 165 Dignity Becomes Reality 168 7 Normative Blindness and Unresolved Human Rights Issues: The Hypocrisy of Our Age 175 Introduction 175 Early Constraints 176 Unresolved Issues 178 A Nonstate Human Rights Effort 183 Health and Human Rights 186 Human Rights and Commercialism 191 Concluding Remarks 193 8 Breaking the Silence: Politics and Professional Autonomy 197 Introduction 197 Silence and Dominant Hegemonies 198 Desensitization 204 Mistakes Repeated in the Iraq Invasion 206 9 Lessons 212 Lessons Learned 212 Strategies of Subordination - In Reverse 216 Macro-histories 221 Appendix 226 Index 230
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: pbk ISBN 9781118319017

内容説明

In Culture and Dignity - Dialogues between the Middle East and the West, renowned cultural anthropologist Laura Nader examines the historical and ethnographic roots of the complex relationship between the East and the West, revealing how cultural differences can lead to violence or a more peaceful co-existence. Outlines an anthropology for the 21st century that focuses on the myriad connections between peoples-especially the critical intercultural dialogues between the cultures of the East and the West Takes an historical and ethnographic approach to studying the intermingling of Arab peoples and the West. Demonstrates how cultural exchange between the East and West is a two-way process Presents an anthropological perspective on issues such as religious fundamentalism, the lives of women and children, notions of violence and order

目次

Acknowledgments x Preface xii 1 Introduction 1 Indignities 5 Naturalizing Difference and the Great Transformation 14 Comparison, Ethnography, and History 17 2 From Rifaah al-Tahtawi to Edward Said: Lessons in Culture and Dignity 24 Introduction 24 Rifaah al-Tahtawi and France 26 A Hundred Years Later: Edward Said 34 Concluding Comments 45 3 Ethnography as Theory: On the Roots of Controversy in Anthropology 51 Introduction 51 Unstated Consensus 54 Defining Ethnographic Worth: 1896-2000 55 Ethnographic Audiences 64 An Outsider Looking In on Anthropology's Ethnography 69 Concluding Comments 74 4 Orientalism, Occidentalism, and the Control of Women 80 Cultural Hierarchy and Processes of Control 83 The Specifi city of Eastern and Western Grids 85 Positional Superiority, Thought Systems, and Other Cultures 87 Ways of Seeing and Comparing - East and West 88 The Controlling Role of Ideas 96 The Use of Revolution in Gender Control 98 Multiple Systems of Female Subordination 102 Colonialism, Development, Religion, and Gender Control 107 Conclusion: The Need to Separate Identities 110 5 Corporate Fundamentalism: Constructing Childhood in the United States and Elsewhere 120 Introduction 120 Manufacturing Culture Bit by Bit 122 Fundamentalisms: Corporate and Religious 126 Marketing and Children: The United States 131 Drugs, Commercialism, and the Biomedical Paradigm: An American Example 137 When Corporate Profits and Education Meet: The Educational Testing Industry 140 Fundamentalisms: Economic, Religious, Political 141 Back to Corporate Fundamentalism: Future Directions 144 6 Culture and the Seeds of Nonviolence in the Middle East 151 Introduction 151 Disharmonic Westernization and Pilgrimage 154 Between the Stereotype and Reality 157 Little Worlds in the International Grip 161 Culture and Nonviolence: Who Stands to Gain From Peace? 165 Dignity Becomes Reality 168 7 Normative Blindness and Unresolved Human Rights Issues: The Hypocrisy of Our Age 175 Introduction 175 Early Constraints 176 Unresolved Issues 178 A Nonstate Human Rights Effort 183 Health and Human Rights 186 Human Rights and Commercialism 191 Concluding Remarks 193 8 Breaking the Silence: Politics and Professional Autonomy 197 Introduction 197 Silence and Dominant Hegemonies 198 Desensitization 204 Mistakes Repeated in the Iraq Invasion 206 9 Lessons 212 Lessons Learned 212 Strategies of Subordination - In Reverse 216 Macro-histories 221 Appendix 226 Index 230

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