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Radical Egalitarianism : Local Realities, Global Relations by Felicity Aulino (editor); Miriam Goheen (editor); Stanley J. Tambiah (editor) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Radical Egalitarianism : Local Realities, Global Relations about?

In this volume, leading scholars in anthropology, religion, and area studies engage global and local perspectives dialectically to develop a historically grounded, ethnographically driven social science. The book’s chapters, drawing on research in East and Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas, are also in conversation with the extensive work of editor and contributor Stanley J. Tambiah: They all investigate some aspect of what Tambiah has called “multiple orientations to the world.” The implicit focus throughout is on human cultural differences and the historically constituted nature of the political potentialities (both positive and negative) that stem from these. As a whole, then, the volume promotes an approach to scholarship that actively avoids privileging any one conceptual framework or cultural form at the expense of recognizing another—a style of inquiry that the editors call “radical egalitarianism.” Together, these scholars encourage a comparative examination of contemporary societies, provide insights into the historical development of social scientific and sociopolitical categories, and raise vital questions about the possibilities for achieving equality and

Who reads Radical Egalitarianism : Local Realities, Global Relations?

Author

Felicity Aulino (editor); Miriam Goheen (editor); Stanley J. Tambiah (editor)

Publisher

Fordham University Press

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9780823292479

Category

nonfiction