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Henrietta L. Moore - Still Life: Hopes, Desires and Satisfactions - 9780745636450 - V9780745636450
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Still Life: Hopes, Desires and Satisfactions

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Description for Still Life: Hopes, Desires and Satisfactions Hardback. How adequate are our theories of globalisation for analysing the worlds we share with others? In this provocative new book, Henrietta Moore asks us to step back and re-examine in a fresh way the interconnections normally labeled 'globalisation'. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 446.
How adequate are our theories of globalisation for analysing the worlds we share with others? In this provocative new book, Henrietta Moore asks us to step back and re-examine in a fresh way the interconnections normally labeled 'globalisation'.

Rather than beginning with abstract processes and flows, Moore starts by analyzing the hopes, desires and satisfactions of individuals in their day-to-day lives.  Drawing on a wide range of examples, from African initiation rituals to Japanese anime, from sex in virtual worlds to Schubert songs, Moore develops a theory of the ethical imagination, exploring how ideas about the human subject, and ... Read more

This innovative and challenging book is essential reading for anyone interested in the key debates about culture and globalization in the contemporary world.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745636450
SKU
V9780745636450
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About Henrietta L. Moore
HENRIETTA L. MOORE is William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge, and Director of the Culture and Knowledge Program at the Center for Global Governance, London School of Economics.

Reviews for Still Life: Hopes, Desires and Satisfactions
"A provocative analysis of globalization from an anthropological perspective, rich in ethnographic cases from Africa to Japan to the virtual world of the Second Life … This is a timely volume that will provide for valuable debates on epistemology in anthropology." Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute "This ambitious and wide-ranging work draws together diverse ... Read more

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