David Pratten is Associate Professor in the Social Anthropology of Africa and Director of the African Studies Centre, University of Oxford. Since 2010 David has been Co-Editor of AFRICA: Journal of the International African Institut. His publications include Nigeria: The Man-Leopard Murders: History and Society in Colonial Nigeria (2007), which won the Amaury Talbot Prize awarded by the Royal Anthropological Institute.
12 Ebooks de Thomas G. Kirsch
Thomas G. Kirsch: Spirits and Letters
Studies of religion have a tendency to conceptualise ‘the Spirit’ and ‘the Letter’ as mutually exclusive and intrinsically antagonistic. However, the history of religions abounds in cases where chari …
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Roy Dilley & Thomas G. Kirsch: Regimes of Ignorance
Non-knowledge should not be simply regarded as the opposite of knowledge, but as complementary to it: each derives its character and meaning from the other and from their interaction. Knowledge does …
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Tilo Grätz: Domesticating Vigilantism in Africa
An unprecedented overview of anthropological and political science research on vigilantism in Africa which makes an important and innovative contribution to current discussions on the relationship be …
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Barbara Meier & Arne S. Steinforth: Spirits in Politics
Geister, Hexen und andere übernatürliche Akteure spielen in vielen afrikanischen Gesellschaften eine wichtige Rolle bei politischen Prozessen, bei der Aushandlung von Machtstrukturen und bei der Beil …
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Thomas G. Kirsch: Permutations of Order
Permutations of Order makes an innovative and important contribution to current discussions about the relationship between religion and law, bringing together theoretically informed case studies from …
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Thomas G. Kirsch: Permutations of Order
Permutations of Order makes an innovative and important contribution to current discussions about the relationship between religion and law, bringing together theoretically informed case studies from …
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€63.96
Ruth Prince & Hannah Brown: Volunteer Economies
Examines the increasing significance of the volunteer and volunteerism in African societies, and their societal impact within precarious economies in a period of massive unemployment and faltering tr …
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Ruth Prince & Hannah Brown: Volunteer Economies
Across Africa today, as development activities animate novel forms of governance, new social actors are emerging, among them the volunteer. Yet, where work and resources are limited, volunteer practi …
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Rijk van Dijk & Thomas G. Kirsch: Domestic Demons and the Intimate Uncanny
This book explores local cultural discourses and practices relating to manifestations and experiences of the demonic, the spectral and the uncanny, probing into their effects on people’s domestic and …
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Rijk van Dijk & Thomas G. Kirsch: Domestic Demons and the Intimate Uncanny
This book explores local cultural discourses and practices relating to manifestations and experiences of the demonic, the spectral and the uncanny, probing into their effects on people’s domestic and …
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Thomas G. Kirsch & Christina Wald: Vorläufige Gewissheiten
Wer sich aufmacht, der Rede vom Plausiblen nachzuspüren, kommt zu einem eigenartigen Befund: In Alltag und Wissenschaft sind Aussagen, dass etwas »plausibel« ist, nahezu allgegenwärtig. Auf der ander …
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Hansjörg Dilger & Gisela Welz: Public Anthropology
Von Ethnolog:innen wird heute erwartet, dass sie sich zu aktuellen sozialen Problemen und Debatten positionieren. Dieser Reader bietet erstmals einen Überblick über die vielfältigen Praktiken, Format …
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