Words and worlds : a lexicon for dark times

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Words and worlds : a lexicon for dark times

edited by Veena Das and Didier Fassin

Duke University Press, 2021

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-298) and index

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Born in a time of anxiety, Words and Worlds examines some of the disquieting challenges that societies now face. Through an inquiry into a political lexicon of commonsense words, ranging from democracy and revolution to knowledge and authority, from inequality and toleration to war and power, the contributors to this book trouble the self-evidence of these terms, bringing into view the hidden transcripts and unexpected trajectories of many settled ideas, such as the human sense of belonging or the call for openness and transparency in research and public life. The case studies conducted over five continents with the tools of eight different disciplines challenge the ethnocentric assumptions, false moralism, and cultural prejudices that underlie much discussion on corruption or even the virtue invested in resilience. The critique of the ubiquitous use of crisis to characterize our times shows how this framing obscures the unjust conditions of existence and the violence of everyday life. Together the essays in this volume offer a fresh look at the deeply connected worlds we inhabit in solidarity and in discord. Contributors. Banu Bargu, Veena Das, Alex de Waal, Didier Fassin, Peter Geschiere, Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, Caroline Humphrey, Ravi Kanbur, Julieta Lemaitre, Uday S. Mehta, Jan-Werner Muller, Jonathan Pugh, Elizabeth F. Sanders, Todd Sanders

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Acknowledgments vii Introduction: From Words to Worlds / Didier Fassin and Veena Das 1 1. Knowledge / Veena Das 19 2. Democracy / Jan-Werner Muller 39 3. Authority / Banu Bargu 61 4. Belonging / Peter Geschiere 83 5. Toleration / Uday S. Mehta 103 6. Power / Alex De Waal 123 7. War / Julieta Lemaitre 143 8. Revolution / Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi 166 9. Corruption / Caroline Humphery 185 10. Openness / Todd Sanders and Elizabeth F. Sanders 205 11. Resilience / Jonathan Pugh 225 12. Inequality / Ravi Kanbur 243 13. Crisis / Didier Fassin 261 Bibliography 277 Contributors 299 Index 303

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