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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
June 2012
Print publication year:
2007
Online ISBN:
9780511801853
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511801853
Subjects:
Area Studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Asian Studies, Anthropology: General Interest, Anthropology
Series:
New Departures in Anthropology
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Book description

In recent years anthropology has rediscovered its interest in politics. Building on the findings of this research, this book, first published in 2007, analyses the relationship between culture and politics, with special attention to democracy, nationalism, the state and political violence. Beginning with scenes from an unruly early 1980s election campaign in Sri Lanka, it covers issues from rural policing in north India to slum housing in Delhi, presenting arguments about secularism and pluralism, and the ambiguous energies released by electoral democracy across the subcontinent. It ends by discussing feminist peace activists in Sri Lanka, struggling to sustain a window of shared humanity after two decades of war. Bringing together and linking the themes of democracy, identity and conflict, this important new study shows how anthropology can take a central role in understanding other people's politics, especially the issues that seem to have divided the world since 9/11.

Reviews

'Spencer variously builds upon and critiques the contributions of sub-alternism and classic political anthropology to the topic … The author does a good job of deconstructing the sometimes limiting frameworks of a number of key thinkers on the subject; arguing that the eagerness to invest politics into 'stateless' societies has led the discipline, to its detriment, to draw focus away from the study of the state in favour of instrumentality … this book is an accessible and well written contribution to South Asian studies and political anthropology more generally. Spencer's writing style and the clarity and persuasiveness of his analysis make this broadly conceived work a valuable contribution to the field.'

Source: Nations and Nationalism

'The book champions the structuring of theory around ethnography, and opposes epistemological strait-jacketing through wide-eyed empiricism … This is an exciting book for anthropologists, but students and scholars from other disciplines would also be impressed by the conviction in Spencer's arguments and the diversity of case studies.'

Source: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

'Spencer, a professor of anthropology at Edinburgh, makes a good case, drawing heavily on a wide reading of anthropological theory, a sprinkling of comparative South Asian case studies, and a strong dose of his own Sri Lanka-focused expertise. Anthropology, Politics and the State is a valuable reminder of the importance of scepticism in research, and of the crucial role primary fieldwork plays.'

Alexander Evans Source: Contemporary South Asia

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