Value and Worthlessness - The Rise of Populist Right Other Disruptions in Anthropology of

Advocating for an interdisciplinary Marxist anthropology of the present, this book uses historical and global anthropology to engage with history, theory, unevenness, and comparison, while using "global ethnography" and "hidden histories" as the keys to social discovery. Kalb's anthropology of value and worthlessness lays bare the logics that currently produce right wing, populist, and nationalist outcomes. The book also battles with the "anthropology of global systems", financialization, and the seductive myths of global middle-class formation, while assessing the theoretical legacies of Eric Wolf, David Graeber, David Harvey, Jonathan Friedman, Marcel Mauss and "moral anthropology", among others.

Product details

• Authors: Don Kalb, Don Kalb Kalb
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2025
• EAN: 9781805398226
• ISBN: 978-1-80539-822-6
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Dislocations
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Capitalism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Capitalism, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Economic systems & structures, Social and cultural anthropology, Ethical issues & debates, Ethical issues and debates, Political and Economic Anthropology