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- catalog abstract ""While the diffusion of modernity and the spread of development schemes may bring prosperity, optimism and opportunity for some, for others it has brought poverty, a deterioration in quality of life and has given rise to violence. This collection brings an anthropological perspective to bear on understanding the diverse modernities we face in the contemporary world. It provides a critical review of interpretations of development and modernity, supported by rigorous case studies from regions as diverse as Guatemala, Sri Lanka, West Africa and contemporary Europe."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11183625.
- catalog contributor b11183626.
- catalog coverage "Developing countries Economic policy.".
- catalog coverage "Developing countries Social policy.".
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""While the diffusion of modernity and the spread of development schemes may bring prosperity, optimism and opportunity for some, for others it has brought poverty, a deterioration in quality of life and has given rise to violence. This collection brings an anthropological perspective to bear on understanding the diverse modernities we face in the contemporary world. It provides a critical review of interpretations of development and modernity, supported by rigorous case studies from regions as diverse as Guatemala, Sri Lanka, West Africa and contemporary Europe."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [202]-222) and index.".
- catalog description "Reconfiguring modernity and development from an anthropological perspective / Alberto Arce and Norman Long -- Creating or regulating development : representing modernities through language and discourse / Albert Arce -- Modernisation without the market : the case of the 'Soviet East' / Deniz Kandiyoti -- Islamisms and the decivilising processes of globalisation / Azza M. Karam -- The spectacle of modernity : blood, microscopes and mirrors in colonial Tanganyika / Eleanor Fisher and Alberto Arce -- Development discourse and its subversion : decivilisation, depoliticisation and dispossession in West Africa / James Fairhead -- On the anticipation of violence : modernity and identity in southern Sri Lanka / Pradeep Jeganathan -- At the frontiers of the modern state in post-war Guatemala / Finn Stepputat.".
- catalog description "Vital force, avenging spirits and zombies : discourses on drug addiction among Surinamese Creole migrants in Amsterdam / Ineke van Wetering and Paul van Gelder -- Consuming modernity : mutational processes of change / Alberto Arce and Norman Long -- Exploring local/global transformations : a view from anthropology / Norman Long.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 232 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0415204992 (HB)".
- catalog identifier "041520500X (PB)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Routledge,".
- catalog spatial "Developing countries Economic policy.".
- catalog spatial "Developing countries Social policy.".
- catalog spatial "Developing countries.".
- catalog subject "306/.091724 21".
- catalog subject "Applied anthropology Developing countries.".
- catalog subject "Economic development Developing countries.".
- catalog subject "GN397.7.D44 A47 1999".
- catalog subject "Rural development Developing countries.".
- catalog subject "Social change Developing countries.".
- catalog subject "Violence Developing countries.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Reconfiguring modernity and development from an anthropological perspective / Alberto Arce and Norman Long -- Creating or regulating development : representing modernities through language and discourse / Albert Arce -- Modernisation without the market : the case of the 'Soviet East' / Deniz Kandiyoti -- Islamisms and the decivilising processes of globalisation / Azza M. Karam -- The spectacle of modernity : blood, microscopes and mirrors in colonial Tanganyika / Eleanor Fisher and Alberto Arce -- Development discourse and its subversion : decivilisation, depoliticisation and dispossession in West Africa / James Fairhead -- On the anticipation of violence : modernity and identity in southern Sri Lanka / Pradeep Jeganathan -- At the frontiers of the modern state in post-war Guatemala / Finn Stepputat.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Vital force, avenging spirits and zombies : discourses on drug addiction among Surinamese Creole migrants in Amsterdam / Ineke van Wetering and Paul van Gelder -- Consuming modernity : mutational processes of change / Alberto Arce and Norman Long -- Exploring local/global transformations : a view from anthropology / Norman Long.".
- catalog title "Anthropology, development, and modernities : exploring discourses, counter-tendencies, and violence / edited by Alberto Arce and Norman Long.".
- catalog type "text".