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Informationen zum Autor Laura Nader is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California at Berkeley. An influential voice in contemporary anthropology, Laura Nader's books include Naked Science: Anthropological Inquiry into Boundaries, Power and Knowledge (1996), The Life of the Law (2002), and, with Ugo Mattei, Plunder-When the Rule of Law is Illegal (2008). Klappentext In Culture and Dignity - Dialogues between the Middle East and the West, renowned cultural anthropologist Laura Nader examines the historical and ethnographic roots of the complex relationship between the East and the West, revealing how cultural differences can lead to violence or a more peaceful co-existence.* Outlines an anthropology for the 21st century that focuses on the myriad connections between peoples--especially the critical intercultural dialogues between the cultures of the East and the West* Takes an historical and ethnographic approach to studying the intermingling of Arab peoples and the West.* Demonstrates how cultural exchange between the East and West is a two-way process* Presents an anthropological perspective on issues such as religious fundamentalism, the lives of women and children, notions of violence and order "The collection reflects the many lasting contributions Nader has made to understanding and improving the human condition. Summing Up: Recommended. All levels/libraries." ( Choice, 1 July 2013) Zusammenfassung * Outlines an anthropology for the 21st century that focuses on the myriad connections between peoples especially the critical intercultural dialogues between the cultures of the East and the West * Takes an historical and ethnographic approach to studying the intermingling of Arab peoples and the West. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments xPreface xii1 Introduction 1Indignities 5Naturalizing Difference and the Great Transformation 14Comparison, Ethnography, and History 172 From Rifaah al-Tahtawi to Edward Said: Lessons in Culture and Dignity 24Introduction 24Rifaah al-Tahtawi and France 26A Hundred Years Later: Edward Said 34Concluding Comments 453 Ethnography as Theory: On the Roots of Controversy in Anthropology 51Introduction 51Unstated Consensus 54Defining Ethnographic Worth: 1896-2000 55Ethnographic Audiences 64An Outsider Looking In on Anthropology's Ethnography 69Concluding Comments 744 Orientalism, Occidentalism, and the Control of Women 80Cultural Hierarchy and Processes of Control 83The Specifi city of Eastern and Western Grids 85Positional Superiority, Thought Systems, and Other Cultures 87Ways of Seeing and Comparing - East and West 88The Controlling Role of Ideas 96The Use of Revolution in Gender Control 98Multiple Systems of Female Subordination 102Colonialism, Development, Religion, and Gender Control 107Conclusion: The Need to Separate Identities 1105 Corporate Fundamentalism: Constructing Childhood in the United States and Elsewhere 120Introduction 120Manufacturing Culture Bit by Bit 122Fundamentalisms: Corporate and Religious 126Marketing and Children: The United States 131Drugs, Commercialism, and the Biomedical Paradigm: An American Example 137When Corporate Profits and Education Meet: The Educational Testing Industry 140Fundamentalisms: Economic, Religious, Political 141Back to Corporate Fundamentalism: Future Directions 1446 Culture and the Seeds of Nonviolence in the Middle East 151Introduction 151Disharmonic Westernization and Pilgrimage 154Between the Stereotype and Reality 157Little Worlds in the International Grip 161Culture and Nonviolence: Who Stands to Gain From Peace? 165Dignity Becomes Reality 1687 Normative Blindness and Unresolved Human Rights Issues: The Hypocrisy of Our Age 175Introduction 175Early Constraints 176Unresolved Issues 178A Nonstate Human Rights Effort 183Health and Human Rights 186Human Rights and Commercialism ...
