Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The Strange Death of Political Anthropology
- 2 Locating the Political
- 3 Culture, Nation, and Misery
- 4 Performing Democracy
- 5 States and Persons
- 6 The State and Violence
- 7 Pluralism in Theory, Pluralism in Practice
- 8 Politics and Counter-politics
- Bibliography
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The Strange Death of Political Anthropology
- 2 Locating the Political
- 3 Culture, Nation, and Misery
- 4 Performing Democracy
- 5 States and Persons
- 6 The State and Violence
- 7 Pluralism in Theory, Pluralism in Practice
- 8 Politics and Counter-politics
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Anthropology, Politics, and the StateDemocracy and Violence in South Asia, pp. i - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007