Doubt, conflict, mediation : the anthropology of modern time
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Doubt, conflict, mediation : the anthropology of modern time
(Journal of the royal anthropological institute special issue book series)
John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2014
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Doubt, conflict, mediation : the anthropology of modern time / Laura Bear
- Immanent anthropology : a comparative study of "process" in contemporary France / Matt Hodges
- Post-industrial times and the unexpected : endurance and sustainability in Germany's fastest shrinking city / Felix Ringel
- For labour : Ajeet's accident and the ethics of technological fixes in time / Laura Bear
- Historical narrative, mundane political time, and revolutionary moments : coexisting temporalities in the lived experience of social movements / Sian Lazar
- Rethinking reproductive politics in time, and time in UK reproductive politics, 1978-2008 / Sarah Franklin
- The time it takes : temporalities of planning / Simone Abram
- The reign of terror of the big cat : bureaucracy and the mediation of social times in the Indian Himalayas / Nayanika Mathur
- A wedge of time : futures in the present and presents without futures in Maputo, Mozambique / Morten Nielsen
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Doubt, Conflict, Mediation is an interdisciplinary examination and reassessment of standard assumptions in social theory about modern time.
Rethinks capitalist and neo-liberal conceptions of time from both a sociological and anthropological perspective
Blends innovative and rich ethnographic studies from around the world with clear theoretical approaches
Examines the timescapes of a variety of institutions and social movements, such as biotech laboratories, civic organizations, planning offices, global sea-trade, urban squatting, and state bureaucracies
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Notes on contributors
Introduction: Doubt, conflict, mediation: the anthropology of modern time (Laura Bear)
Economic times
1 Immanent anthropology: a comparative study of 'process' in contemporary France (Matt Hodges)
2 Post-industrial times and the unexpected: endurance and sustainability in Germany's fastest-shrinking city (Fellix Ringel)
3 For labour: Ajeet's accident and the ethics of technological fixes in time (Laura Bear)
Political times
4 Historical narrative, mundane political time, and revolutionary moments: coexisting temporalities in the lived experience of social movements (Sian Lazar)
5 Rethinking reproductive politics in time, and time in UK reproductive politics: 1978-2008 (Sarah Franklin)
Bureaucratic times
6 The time it takes: temporalities of planning (Simone Abram)
7 The reign of terror of the big cat: bureaucracy and the mediation of social times in the Indian Himalaya (Nayanika Mathur)
8 A wedge of time: futures in the present and presents without futures in Maputo, Mozambique (Morten Nielsen)
Index
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