stanford university press jun 2003 (7 résultats)

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - '[The author] displays not only acute observation of the content of gift-giving but also sensitivity to ambiguities of motives on the part of both giver and receiver.'--Asian Studies Review'Gift-Giving in Japan: Cash, Connections, Cosmologies is superbly written and an inspiring work which I recommend for students, researchers, and anyone interested in understanding modern Japan and its people.'--Journal of Japanese Studies.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - 'In this unique, original, and breathtakingly new work, Anidjar follows the figure of the enemy, as it informs arguments in many discursive areas: literature and philosophy to be sure, but also politics, theology, the constructions of race and ethnicity, history, etc. By showing in what ways the figure of the enemy is intertwined with construction of the Jew, the Arab, the Moslem, the Christian, the European, Anidjar continually challenges the reader to rethink concepts of and habitus related to the concept of enemy. Each chapter consists of cogent analyses, an illustration of relations among works and fields, and insightful remarks.' --Lawrence R. Schehr, University of Illinois.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - 'This volume offers an innovative and intriguing collection of essays. Each chapter is grounded in detailed anthropological and historical research and offers stimulating theoretical considerations. The breadth of scholarship--addressing both the general implications of 'magic' and its place in the making of 'modernity, ' as demonstrated in a range of ethnographic contexts--suggest a broad readership.' --Brad Weiss, The College of William & Mary'These essays demonstrate that even our most objective categories of social and cultural understanding are entangled in the constitutive undergrowth of our present circumstances. In their diverse and intriguing ways, they are all concerned with the modernist configuration of magic, as magic, so taken, configures modernism. Despite our liberal claims to transparency, reason, and secularism, they lay bare a world shaded by opacity, unreason, and blinkered faith.' --Vincent Crapanzano, City University of New York.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - 'Acts of Narrative explores different facets of narrative with historical and thematic breadth, and each of the essays is a remarkable narrative act in its own right. Taken as a whole, the collection is a powerful demonstration of how the intersections between psychoanalysis, post-structuralism, and performative theory change our understanding of narrative and its function in cultural life.' --Ewa Plonowska Ziarek, University of Notre Dame.

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - 'Ssorin-Chaikov merits the highest commendation for producing this oustanding work of scholarship.'--Slavic Review'The Social Life of State is an impressive book. It makes intelligent and well-balanced use of archival material along with the fieldwork observations, and it is highly successful in problematizing the volatility of 'authenticity' as a social and cultural category for the indigenous populations as wells as for the Russians.' --Journal of Modern History.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - '[The author] displays not only acute observation of the content of gift-giving but also sensitivity to ambiguities of motives on the part of both giver and receiver.'--Asian Studies Review'Gift-Giving in Japan: Cash, Connections, Cosmologies is superbly written and an inspiring work which I recommend for students, researchers, and anyone interested in understanding modern Japan and its people.'--Journal of Japanese Studies.