The Social Production of IndifferenceUniversity of Chicago Press, 1993 - 207 σελίδες In this fascinating book, Michael Herzfeld argues that 'modern' bureaucratically regulated societies are no more 'rational' or less 'symbolic' than the societies traditionally studied by anthropologists. Drawing primarily on the example of modern Greece and utilizing other European materials, he suggests that we cannot understand national bureaucracies divorced from local-level ideas about chance, personal character, social relationships and responsibility. He points out that both formal regulations and day-to-day bureaucratic practices rely heavily on the symbols and language of the moral boundaries between insiders and outsiders; a ready means of expressing prejudice and of justifying neglect. It therefore happens that societies with proud traditions of generous hospitality may paradoxically produce at the official level some of the most calculated indifference one can find anywhere. |
Περιεχόμενα
INTRODUCTION The Social Production of Indifference | 1 |
CHAPTER ONE One World or Two? | 17 |
CHAPTER TWO The Roots of Indifference | 48 |
CHAPTER THREE The Creativity of Stereotypes | 71 |
CHAPTER FOUR The Language Fetish | 98 |
CHAPTER FIVE Retrospective Fatalities | 127 |
CHAPTER SIX Declassifications | 158 |
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Άλλες εκδόσεις - Προβολή όλων
The Social Production of Indifference: Exploring the Symbolic Roots of ... Michael Herzfeld Προβολή αποσπασμάτων - 1992 |
The Social Production of Indifference: Exploring the Symbolic Roots of ... MICHAEL. HERZFELD Δεν υπάρχει διαθέσιμη προεπισκόπηση - 2021 |
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