Jean and john comaroff (25 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Over the years John and Jean Comaroff have broadened the study of culture and society with their reflections on power and meaning. In their work on Africa and colonialism they have explored some of the fundamental questions of social science, delving into the nature of history and human agency, culture and consciousness, ritual and representation. How are human differences constructed and institutionalized, transformed and (sometimes) effaced, empowered and (sometimes) resisted? How do local cultures articulate with global forms? How is the power of some people over others built, sustained, eroded, and negated? How does the social imagination take shape in novel yet collectively meaningful ways?Addressing these questions, the essays in this volumeseveral never before publishedwork toward an imaginative sociology, demonstrating the techniques by which social science may capture the contexts that human beings construct and inhabit. In the introduction, the authors offer their most complete statement to date on the nature of historical anthropology. Standing apart from the traditional disciplines of social history and modernist social science, their work is dedicated to discovering how human worlds are made and signified, forgotten and remade.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1999. Africa. University of Chicago Press. Very good paperback 318p. 9/23.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. - Great overall condition. Minor cosmetic wear. No major blemishes. No writing other than a few scribbles on the contents page.; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.…

Condizione: New. Brand New.

Condizione: New. Brand New.

Condizione: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:9780226114149.…

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Condizione: New. Brand New.

Condizione: New. Brand New.

Fine paperback (minimal edgewear, clean and unmarked). 260 pp Paperback. The picture on this listing page is of the actual book for sale.

Couverture souple. Condizione: Bon. Coll. "Carl Schlettwein Lectures". Vol. n°1. Texte en anglais / text in english ! Carl Schlettwein Lectures edited by the Centre for African Studies Basel. Vol. 1. 16x23,5 cm. 47 p. Broché. Bon état. Intérieur en bon état. in-8°.

Condizione: New. Brand New.

Condizione: New. Brand New.

Condizione: New. Brand New.

Fine paperback (very light edgewear). 414 pp Paperback. The image on this listing page is of the actual book for sale.

Condizione: New. Brand New.

Condizione: New. Brand New.

Very Good paperback (light edgewear, a few marginal notations). 588 pp Paperback. The image on this listing page is of the actual book for sale.

Soft Cover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. From an academic library with the usual stamps etc. Covers have been laminated.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 337 pp, index. Very light edge and corner wear. Previous owner's name half-title page.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Contents: part one: Theory, ethnography, historiography; part two: Dialectical systems, imaginative sociologies; part three: Colonialism and modernity.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Small4to, 291 - 574 p. Illustrations. Original pictorial light card covers. A near fine copy. First edition.

Condizione: Very Good. No dustjacket. 8vo pp. 337, "Over the years John and Jean Comaroff have broadened the study of culture and society with their reflections on power and meaning. In their work on Africa and colonialism they have explored some of the fundamental questions of social science, delving into the nature of history and human agency, culture and consciousness, ritual. book. …

Condizione: New. Brand New.

Condizione: New. Brand New.