Time was my enemy, I was allied with romance, the battle was fierce but short. Time won, romance fled, all i was left with was a ticking watch…
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Modernity: Understanding the Present – Book Review
A few months ago I was invited by Tom Bailey at Pluirlogue to review Peter Wagner’s most recent title “Modernity: Understanding the Present “. I thoroughly enjoyed it and below you will find a condensed version of my full review over at www.plurilogue.com. To quote or refer to this review please …
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China Leadership Change
The Super Seven – New members of the Standing Committee of the Politburo Here is an excerpt from my guest post over at China Blog supreme www.rectified.name for the full article please check out their blog and enjoy the main contributors cutting and side-splitting entries. Thanks to Jeremiah (the guy behind Jottings from a Granite …
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CFP: Poesis: The ambivalent creation of the truth
Call for Papers: 13th January 2013 Sixth International Political Anthropology Workshop in Ireland on Poesis: The ambivalent creation of the truth. 15-16th February, 2013 Waterford Institute of Technology Organised by the Department of Applied Arts, Waterford Institute of Technology, the Journal International Political Anthropology, and the School of Sociology & Philosophy, University College Cork Conveners: …
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Economic Anthropology – Book Review
This book offers a thoughtful, well-planned overview of economic anthropology but due to its size and scope it cannot offer the definitive critique of the field nor can they develop their arguments as they might do elsewhere. The chapters or sections that directly draw upon their own fieldwork are enriched by it but left me wanting more. Of course more is available in their other works and this title is orientated as an introduction for those unfamiliar with the discipline rather than an in-depth critique.
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