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Author Abélès, Marc, author

Title Thinking beyond the state / Marc Abélès ; translated by Phillip Rousseau and Marie-Claude Haince
Published Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2017
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 110 pages)
Contents Society against the state : clastres, deleuze, guattari -- The stalemate of sovereignty -- Biopolitics and the great return of anthropos -- Infra-political and compational ambivalences -- Scenes from global-politics -- The anthropology of globalization
Summary The French scholar Marc Abélès is one of the leading political and philosophical anthropologists of our time. He is perhaps the leading anthropologist writing on the state and globalization. Thinking beyond the State, a distillation of his work to date, is a superb introduction to his contributions to both anthropology and political philosophy. Abélès observes that while interdependence and interconnection have become characteristic features of our globalized era, there is no indication that a concomitant evolution in thinking about political systems has occurred. The state remains the shield--for both the Right and the Left--against the turbulent effects of globalization. According to Abélès, we live in a geopolitical universe that, in many respects, reproduces alienating logics. His book, therefore, is a primer on how to see beyond the state. It is also a testament to anthropology's centrality and importance in any analysis of the global human predicament. Thinking beyond the State will find wide application in anthropology, political science and philosophy courses dealing with the state and globalization
Notes Translated from the French
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 01, 2018)
Subject Nation-state and globalization.
Globalization -- Social aspects
International economic integration -- Political aspects
International economic relations -- Political aspects
Political science -- Philosophy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Globalization -- Social aspects
International economic integration -- Political aspects
International economic relations -- Political aspects
Nation-state and globalization
Political science -- Philosophy
Form Electronic book
Author Rousseau, Phillip, 1975- translator.
Haince, Marie-Claude, 1978- translator.
Abélès, Marc. Penser au-delà de l'État. Translation of
LC no. 2017021987
ISBN 9781501709364
1501709364
1501709275
9781501709272
9781501709289
1501709283
Other Titles Penser au-delà de l'État. English