Handbook of Political Anthropology

Edited by Harald Wydra, Holden Fellow in Politics, St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge, UK and Bjørn Thomassen, Professor, Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University, Denmark

• Contents:Introduction: the promise of political anthropology Harald Wydra and Bjørn ThomassenPART I OLD AND NEW PARADIGMS1. Recovering the classical foundations of political anthropology Arpad Szakolczai2. On the mimetic turn in the social sciencesRoberto Farneti3. Charisma/trickster: on the twofold nature of powerAgnes Horvath4. Contemporary political stakes: after-lives of the modern Paul Rabinow and Anthony Stavrianakis5. Political anthropology: biology, culture, and ethics Gabriele De Anna and Christian Illies6. Cultural intimacy and the politics of civility Michael HerzfeldPART II ANTHRO-POLITICS IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD7. Politics and the permanence of the sacred Paul Dumouchel8. Anthropology and the enigma of the state Finn Stepputat and Monique Nuijten9. Liminality and the politics of the transitional Maria Mälksoo10. The anthropology of political revolutions Bjørn Thomassen11. Comparative political analysis and the interpretation of meaning Jean-Pascal Daloz12. Anthropology and political ideology Sune Haugbolle13. Post-neoliberalism?Keir Martin14. The political and the religious: on the making of virtuous politicsSimon ColemanPART III ETHNOGRAPHIES OF THE POLITICAL15. The politics of development: anthropological perspectives Jeremy Gould and Eija Ranta16. Ethnographies of powerJan Kubik17. Postdemocracy and a politics of prefiguration Nicholas J. Long18. Feminist theory and reproduction Megan Moodie19. New war zones or evolving modes of insurgency warfare? Morten Bøås20. The political anthropology of borders and territory: European perspectives Hastings Donnan, Bjørn Thomassen and Harald Wydra21. The politics of movement and migrationParvathi RamanPART IV PROCESSES22. Security, securitization, desecuritization: how security produces insecurity John Gledhill23. Nature, politics, and climate change Mette Fog Olwig24. The fall and rise of class Andrew Sanchez25. The politics of ethno-religious violence Madurika Rasaratnam26. The anthropology of crime Henrik Vigh and David Sausdal27. GlobalizationThomas Hylland EriksenIndex

'This wide-ranging collection challenges disciplinary boundaries to demonstrate the relevance of political anthropology to both old and new audiences. It offers refreshing takes on core anthropological themes and links classical theory to the quintessential questions of political life today in a compelling manner useful to diverse scholars, students, and practitioners.'--Sara Shneiderman, University of British Columbia, Canada