Anthropologies of Modernity: Foucault, Governmentality, and Life Politics

This book brings together a range of anthropological writings that are inspired by the French philosopher Michel Foucault and examine Foucault's contribution to current theories of modernity.

• Treats modernity as an ethnographic object by focusing on its concrete manifestations.
  
• Tackles issues of broad interest: from colonialism and globalization to war, genetics, and AIDS.
  
• Draws on work from North and South America, Europe, Africa, and South and Southeast Asia.
  
• Contributors include James Ferguson, Akhil Gupta, Aihwa Ong, Paul Rabinow, and Rayna Rapp.

Author: Jonathan Xavier Inda
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 09/02/2005
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 9.58h x 6.74w x 0.82d
ISBN: 9780631228271

About the Author
Jonathan Xavier Inda teaches anthropology and global cultural studies in the Department of Chicana/o Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Among his previous publications are the co-edited volumes Race, Identity and Citizenship (Blackwell Publishing, 1999) and The Anthropology of Globalization (Blackwell Publishing, 2002).

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