Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/P4ABfrN Anthropology, Development and Modernities Exploring Discourse, Counter-Tendencies and Violence By: Alberto Arce Publisher: Routledge Print ISBN: 9780415205009, 041520500X eText ISBN: 9781134628421, 1134628420 Edition: 1st Pages: 256 Copyright year: 1999 Format: EPUB Available from $ 24.38 USD SKU 9781134628421R90 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. Together, the chapters in this volume demonstrate the crucial importance of looking to ethnography for guidance in shaping development policies. Ethnography can show how people's own agency transforms, recasts and complicates the modernities they experience. The contributors argue that explanations of change framed in terms of the dominantdiscourses and institutions of modernity are inadequate, and that we give closer attention to discourses, images, beliefs and practices that run counter to these yet play a part in shaping them and giving them meaning. Anthropology, Development and Modernities deals with the realities of people's everyday lives and dilemmas. It is essential reading for students and scholars in anthropology, sociology and development studies. It should also be read by all those actively involved in development work. Additional ISBNs 9780203450895, 9786610066667, 9781280066665, 9781134628421, 9781134628438, 9781134628384, 0203450892, 6610066663, 1280066660, 1134628420, 1134628439, 1134628382, 9780415204996, 9780415205009, 0415204992, 041520500X
