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  • Boomtown
    Thomas Hylland Eriksen
    Sitting next to the Great Barrier Reef, marinated in coal and gas, the industrial boomtown of Gladstone, Australia embodies many of the contradictions of the ’overheated’ world: prosperous yet polluted; growing and developing yet always on the precipice of uncertainty.Capturing Gladstone at the peak of its accelerated growth in 2013-14, Thomas Hylland Eriksen dissects the boomt...
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    147,84 €

  • An Overheated World
    Thomas Hylland Eriksen
    Although economic, cultural and demographic changes are part and parcel of the modern world, changes in a number of areas have accelerated in the last quarter-century - a period sometimes spoken of as the global information society, a world of ’liquid modernity’ - or of fully-fledged global neoliberalism associated with deregulation, flexible accumulation and financialisation. ...
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    268,44 €

  • What is Anthropology?
    Thomas Hylland Eriksen
    Leading anthropologist Thomas Hylland Eriksen shows how anthropology is a revolutionary way of thinking about the human world. Perfect for students, but also for those who have never encountered anthropology before, this book explores the key issues in an exciting and innovative way.Lucid and accessible, What is Anthropology? draws examples from current affairs as well as previ...
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    127,25 €

  • Overheating
    Thomas Hylland Eriksen
    The world is overheated. Too full and too fast; uneven and unequal. It is the age of the Anthropocene, of humanity’s indelible mark upon the planet. In short, it is globalisation - but not as we know it. In this groundbreaking book, Thomas Hylland Eriksen breathes new life into the discussion around global modernity, bringing an anthropologist’s approach to bear on the three in...
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    148,16 €

  • Fredrik Barth
    Thomas Hylland Eriksen
    Fredrik Barth is one of the towering figures of twentieth-century anthropology. This intellectual history traces the development of Barth’s ideas and explores the substance of his contributions. In an accessible style, Thomas Hylland Eriksen’s biographical study reveals the magic of ethnography to professional anthropologists and non-practitioners alike. Exploring his six decad...
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    18,58 €

  • Globalization
    Thomas Hylland Eriksen
    For the first time in human history, the vast majority of the world’s population is connected through trade, travel, production, media and politics ...
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    271,25 €

  • A History of Anthropology
    Finn Sivert Nielsen / Thomas Hylland Eriksen
    This is a thoroughly updated and revised edition of a popular classic of modern anthropology. The authors provide summaries of ’Enlightenment’, ’Romantic’ and ’Victorian’ anthropology, from the cultural theories of Morgan and Taylor to the often neglected contributions of German scholars. The ambiguous relationship between anthropology and national cultures is also considered.T...
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    147,86 €

  • Ethnicity and Nationalism
    Thomas Hylland Eriksen
    Is ethnicity a result of cultural differences? Is ethnicity dependent on the practical use and belief in cultural differences? Drawing on a wide-range of classic and recent studies in anthropology and sociology, Thomas Hylland Eriksen examines the relationship between ethnicity, class, gender and nationhood. Using the question ’What is ethnicity?’ as his starting point, Eriksen...
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    40,75 €

  • Engaging Anthropology
    Thomas Hylland Eriksen
    Anthropology ought to have changed the world. What went wrong? Engaging Anthropology takes an unflinching look at why the discipline has not gained the popularity and respect it deserves in the twenty-first century. ...
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    66,89 €

  • Engaging Anthropology
    Thomas Hylland Eriksen
    Anthropology ought to have changed the world. What went wrong? Engaging Anthropology takes an unflinching look at why the discipline has not gained the popularity and respect it deserves in the twenty-first century. From identity to multicultural society, new technologies to work, globalization to marginalization, anthropology has a vital contribution to make.While showcasing t...
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    268,44 €

  • Globalisation
    Thomas Hylland Eriksen
    Globalisation has had a massive impact on the teaching and practice of anthropology. This book addresses the methodological problems that these changes have wrought.The essays show how the focus has shifted from traditional studies of specific sites, towards the movements and shifts associated with increasing migration and population flows - the result of living in an increasin...
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    44,78 €

  • Tyranny Of The Moment
    Thomas Hylland Eriksen
    'While reading Tyranny of the Moment, I found myself both charmed and  challenged. The subject is an important one, and Thomas Hylland Eriksen  handles it with style, a light touch, and many amiable provocations.' Todd GitlinThe turn of the millennium is characterized by exponential growth in everything related to communication – from the internet and email to air traff...
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    51,54 €

  • Common Denominators
    Thomas Hylland Eriksen
    This book seeks to enhance comparative understandings of ethnicity, to refine theories of nationalism, and to contribute to ongoing debates on multiculturalism, identity politics and creolization. ...
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    73,38 €

  • Common Denominators
    Thomas Hylland Eriksen
    This book seeks to enhance comparative understandings of ethnicity, to refine theories of nationalism, and to contribute to ongoing debates on multiculturalism, identity politics and creolization. Mauritius, an Indian Ocean island-state with a population of about one million, provides a fascinating focus for this comprehensive study of social identity and political culture. Fif...
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    268,18 €