Join our Email List Berghahn Books Logo

berghahn New York · Oxford

Browse All Books
The Politics of Egalitarianism: Theory and Practice
Series
Volume 14

Methodology & History in Anthropology



See Related
Anthropology Journals

Email Newsletters

Sign up for our email newsletters to get customized updates on new Berghahn publications.

Click here to select your preferences

The Politics of Egalitarianism

Theory and Practice

Edited by Jacqueline Solway

272 pages, 19 ills, bibliog, index

ISBN  978-1-84545-114-1 $135.00/£99.00 / Hb / Published (March 2006)

ISBN  978-1-84545-115-8 $34.95/£27.95 / Pb / Published (March 2006)

eISBN 978-1-78238-885-2 eBook

https://doi.org/10.3167/9781845451141


View CartYour country: - edit Buy the eBook from these vendorsRequest a Review or Examination Copy (in Digital Format)Recommend to your LibraryAvailable in GOBI®

Reviews

“Solway does an admirable job in her introduction, describing the three intellectual-cum-activist projects which underlie the collection… Its most significant contribution for those already familiar with the San literature lies in expanding the pool of recent analyses of San identity politics, and in documenting the rise and challenges facing the San-owned and San-oriented NGOs… [it] is also a good reference source for a broader readership seeing an overview of Lee's intellectual legacy and its trajectories.” • Anthropos

Description

The essays assembled in this book exemplify the way political anthropologists address a range of problems that deeply affect people throughout the world. The authors draw their inspiration from the work of Canadian anthropologist Richard B. Lee, and, like him, they are concerned with understanding and acting upon issues of “indigenous rights”; the impact of colonialism, postcolonial state formation, and neoliberalism on local communities and cultures; the process of culture change; what the history and politics of egalitarian societies reveal about issues of “human nature” or “social evolution”; and how peoples in southern Africa are affected by and responding to the most recent crisis in their midst, the spread of AIDS. The authors in this volume discuss the state of a range of contemporary debates in the field that in various ways extend the political, theoretical, and empirical issues that have animated Lee's work. In addition, the book provides readers with important contemporary Kalahari studies, as well as “classic” works on foraging societies.

Jacqueline Solway is associate professor of International Development Studies and Anthropology at Trent University.

Subject: Theory and MethodologyMedical Anthropology
Area: Africa


Contents

Back to Top



Library Recommendation Form

Dear Librarian,

I would like to recommend The Politics of Egalitarianism Theory and Practice for the library. Please include it in your next purchasing review with my strong recommendation. The RRP is: $135.00

I recommend this title for the following reasons:

BENEFIT FOR THE LIBRARY: This book will be a valuable addition to the library's collection.

REFERENCE: I will refer to this book for my research/teaching work.

STUDENT REFERRAL: I will regularly refer my students to the book to assist their studies.

OWN AFFILIATION: I am an editor/contributor to this book or another book in the Series (where applicable) and/or on the Editorial Board of the Series, of which this volume is part.