The Social Production of Indifference: Exploring the Symbolic Roots of Western Bureaucracy - Rilegato

Herzfeld, Michael

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ISBN 10: 0854966382 ISBN 13: 9780854966387

Casa editrice: Routledge, 1992

Riassunto

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.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Michael Herzfeld is Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University

Product Description:

Book by Herzfeld Michael

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0854966382
• ISBN 13: 9780854966387
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 424