Words and Worlds
A Lexicon for Dark Times
1st Edition
Published on 10. May 2021
328 pages
978-1-4780-2147-6 (ISBN)
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The contributors to Words and Worlds examine the state of politics and the political imaginary within contemporary societies by taking up the everyday words such as democracy, revolution, and populism that we use to understand the political present.
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Veena Das is Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. She is the author of several books, including Textures of the Ordinary: Doing Anthropology after Wittgenstein.
Didier Fassin is James D. Wolfensohn Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Professor to the Annual Chair in Public Health at the Collège de France. He is the author of various books, including Life: A Critical User's Manual.
Didier Fassin is James D. Wolfensohn Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Professor to the Annual Chair in Public Health at the Collège de France. He is the author of various books, including Life: A Critical User's Manual.
Content
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: From Words to Worlds / Didier Fassin and Veena Das 1
1. Knowledge / Veena Das 19
2. Democracy / Jan-Werner Müller 39
3. Authority / Banu Bargu 61
4. Belonging / Peter Geschiere 83
5. Toleration / Uday S. Mehta 103
6. Power / Alex De Waal 123
7. War / Julieta Lemaitre 143
8. Revolution / Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi 166
9. Corruption / Caroline Humphery 185
10. Openness / Todd Sanders and Elizabeth F. Sanders 205
11. Resilience / Jonathan Pugh 225
12. Inequality / Ravi Kanbur 243
13. Crisis / Didier Fassin 261
Bibliography 277
Contributors 299
Index 303
Introduction: From Words to Worlds / Didier Fassin and Veena Das 1
1. Knowledge / Veena Das 19
2. Democracy / Jan-Werner Müller 39
3. Authority / Banu Bargu 61
4. Belonging / Peter Geschiere 83
5. Toleration / Uday S. Mehta 103
6. Power / Alex De Waal 123
7. War / Julieta Lemaitre 143
8. Revolution / Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi 166
9. Corruption / Caroline Humphery 185
10. Openness / Todd Sanders and Elizabeth F. Sanders 205
11. Resilience / Jonathan Pugh 225
12. Inequality / Ravi Kanbur 243
13. Crisis / Didier Fassin 261
Bibliography 277
Contributors 299
Index 303
