This book offers a comprehensive sociological study of the nature and dynamics of the modern world, through the use of a series of anthropological concepts, including the trickster, schismogenesis, imitation and liminality.
This book reconstructs and brings together the work of a number of social and political theorists in order to gain new insight on the emergence and character of modern Western society.
For graduate students and researchers in anthropological theory, this book offers a renewal of social theory through anthropological... Læs mere
It is widely asserted that we are now living in a post-truth society. What that means, this book argues, is that the contemporary world is... Læs mere
Grace is a central concept of theology, while the term also has a wide range of meanings in many fields. For the first time in book format, the sociology of grace (or enchantment) is comprehensively explained in detail, with fascinating results.
This book substantiates two claims. The modern world is the outcome of social, cultural and spiritual processes, among which a prime role was played by... Læs mere
This book explores considerations of method in the field of political anthropology, rejecting the pretended stance of scientific neutrality that has dominated in the... Læs mere