Radical Egalitarianism: Local Realities, Global Relations

Published by Fordham University Press 2013

Radical Egalitarianism

Local Realities, Global Relations

Edited by: Felicity Aulino , Miriam Goheen and Stanley J. Tambiah

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823292479

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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 justice in the presence of competing realities in the global world today. Michael M.J. Fischer’s Afterword provides a brilliant exegesis of Tambiah’s multifaceted oeuvre, outlining the primary themes that inform his scholarship and, by extension, all the chapters in this book.

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Introduction: Engaging Radical Egalitarianism Felicity Aulino and Miriam Goheen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Religion, trade, and transnational networks via thailand
The Charisma of Saints and the Cult of Relics, Amulets, and Tomb Shrines Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Understanding Social Totalities: Stanley Tambiah’s Early Contribution to Sociology of Thai Buddhism James Taylor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Transnational Buddhism and the Transformation of Local Power in Thailand Ingrid Jordt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
A Muslim King and His Buddhist Subjects: Religion, Power, and Identity at the Periphery of the Thai State Irving Chan Johnson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
Part II. Cosmologies, ideologies, and localities
Economies of Ghosts, Gods, and Goods: The History and Anthropology of Chinese Temple Networks Michael Puett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
Trade, Religion, and Civic Relations in the Manangi Long-Distance Trade Community Prista Ratanapruck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
Cosmologies of Welfare: Two Conceptions of Social Assistance in Contemporary South Africa James Ferguson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
“A Recurrence of Structures” in Collapsing Nigeria Victor Manfredi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
People and Ideas Travel Together: Tambiah’s Approach to Ritual and Cosmology in Brazil Mariza Peirano Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Paradoxes of Order in Thai Community Politics Michael Herzfeld Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
Part III. Violence, political conflict, and humanitarian intervention
Structural Work: How Microhistories Become Macrohistories and Vice Versa Marshall Sahlins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
Perspectives on the Politics of Peace in Aceh, Indonesia Mary -Jo Del Vecchio Good and Byron J. Good Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
A Tale of Two Affects: Humanitarianism and Professionalism in Red Cross Aid Work Liisa Malkki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
At the Base of Local and Transnational Conflicts: The Political Uses of Inferiorization Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	220
Afterword. Galactic Polities, Radical Egalitarianism, and the Practice of Anthropology: Tambiah on Logical Paradoxes, Social Contradictions, and Cultural Oscillations Michael M. J. Fischer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	327

Language: English
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 336
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- Other: 5 Illustrations, black and white

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