Anthropology and the New Cosmopolitanism: Rooted, Feminist and Vernacular Perspectives (Asa Monographs, 45)

Anthropology and the New Cosmopolitanism breaks new ground in theorizing the role of social anthropology as a discipline that engages with the moral, economic, legal and political transformations and dislocations of a globalizing world. The book's major innovation is to show the way cosmopolitans beyond the North--in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Malaysia, India, Africa, the Middle East and Mexico--juggle universalist commitments with roots in local cultural milieus and particular communities. It introduces the reader to key debates surrounding cosmopolitanism in the social sciences, and is written clearly and accessibly for undergraduates in anthropology and related subjects. Anthropology And The New Cosmopolitanism Inaugurates A New, Situated, Cosmopolitan Anthropology. Its Ethnographic And Theoretical Subject Is The Rise Of Postcolonial Movements Responsive To Global Rights Movements, Which Espouse A Politics Of Dignity, Cultural Difference, Democracy, Dissent And Tolerance. The Book Starts From The Premise That Cosmopolitanism Is Not, And Never Has Been, A 'western', Elitist Ideal Exclusively. The Book's Major Innovation Is To Show The Way Cosmopolitans Beyond The North - In Papua New Guinea, Indonesia And Malaysia, India, Africa, The Middle East And Mexico -juggle Universalist Commitments With Roots In Local Cultural Milieus And Particular Communities.--book Jacket. Introduction: Towards A New Cosmopolitan Anthropology / Pnina Werbner -- The Founding Moment: Sixty Years Ago / Elizabeth Colson -- The Cosmopolitan Encounter: Social Anthropology And The Kindness Of Strangers / Pnina Werber -- Towards A Rooted Anthropology: Malinowski, Gellner And Herderian Cosmopolitanism / Chris Hann -- Gender, Rights Cosmopolitanisms / Malia Stivens -- Islamic Cosmopolitics, Human Rights And Anti-violence Strategies In Indonesia / Kathryn Robinson -- 'a New Conscious Must Come': Affectivity And Movement In Tamil Dalit Women's Activist Engagement With Cosmopolitan Modernity / Kalpana Ram -- A Native Palestinian Anthropologist In Palestinian-israeli Cosmopolitianism / Aref Abu-rabia -- Responding To Rooted Cosmopolitanism: Patriots, Ethnics And The Public Good In Botswana / Richard Werbner -- Paradoxes Of The Cosmopolitan In Melanesia / Eric Hirsch -- Cosmopolitics, Neolibeeralism, And The State: The Indigenous Rights Movement In Africa / Dorothy L. Hodgson -- Cosmopolitan Nations, National Cosmopolitans / Richard Fardon -- Other Cosmopolitans In The Making Of The Modern Malay World / Joel S. Kahn -- On Cosmopolitan And (vernacular) Democratic Creativity: Or, There Never Was A West / David Graeber -- Xenophobia And Xenophilis In South Africa : African Migrants In Cape Town / Owen B. Sichone -- Cosmopolitan Values In A Central Indian Steel Town / Jonathan Parry -- Cosmopolitanism, Globalization And Disapora / Stuart Hall In Conversation With Pnina Werbner. Edited By Pnina Werbner. Outgrowth Of The Asa Diamond Jubilee Conference Held At Keele University, Apr. 2006. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents......Page 6 List of Contributors......Page 8 Preface......Page 14 1. Introduction: Towards a New Cosmopolitan Anthropology......Page 16 Section I: Anthropology as a Cosmopolitan Discipline......Page 46 2. The Founding Moment: Sixty Years Ago......Page 48 3. The Cosmopolitan Encounter: Social Anthropology and the Kindness of Strangers......Page 62 4. Towards a Rooted Anthropology: Malinowski, Gellner and Herderian Cosmopolitanism......Page 84 Section II: Feminist and Non-Violent Cosmopolitan Movements......Page 100 5. Gender, Rights and Cosmopolitanisms......Page 102 6. Islamic Cosmopolitics, Human Rights and Anti-Violence Strategies in Indonesia......Page 126 7. 'A new consciousness must come': Affectivity and Movement in Tamil Dalit Women's Activist Engagement with Cosmopolitan Modernity......Page 150 Section III: Rooted Cosmopolitanism, Public Cosmopolitans......Page 172 8. A Native Palestinian Anthropologist in Palestinian-Israeli Cosmopolitanism......Page 174 9. Responding to Rooted Cosmopolitanism: Patriots, Ethnics and the Public Good in Botswana......Page 188 10. Paradoxes of the Cosmopolitan in Melanesia......Page 212 11. Cosmopolitics, Neoliberalism, and the State: The Indigenous Rights Movement in Africa......Page 230 Section IV: Vernacular Cosmopolitans, Cosmopolitan National Spaces......Page 246 12. Cosmopolitan Nations, National Cosmopolitans......Page 248 13. Other Cosmopolitans in the Making of the Modern Malay World......Page 276 14. On Cosmopolitan and (Vernacular) Democratic Creativity: Or, There Never Was a West......Page 296 Section V: Demotic and Working-Class Cosmopolitanisms......Page 322 15. Xenophobia and Xenophilia in South Africa: African Migrants in Cape Town......Page 324 16. Cosmopolitan Values in a Central Indian Steel Town......Page 340 17. Cosmopolitanism, Globalisation and Diaspora......Page 360 A......Page 376 B......Page 377 C......Page 378 D......Page 381 E......Page 382 F......Page 383 G......Page 384 I......Page 385 L......Page 387 M......Page 388 N......Page 390 P......Page 391 R......Page 392 S......Page 393 U......Page 395 W......Page 396 Z......Page 397 Contents 6 List of Contributors 8 Preface 14 1. Introduction: Towards a New Cosmopolitan Anthropology 16 Section I: Anthropology as a Cosmopolitan Discipline 46 2. The Founding Moment: Sixty Years Ago 48 3. The Cosmopolitan Encounter: Social Anthropology and the Kindness of Strangers 62 4. Towards a Rooted Anthropology: Malinowski, Gellner and Herderian Cosmopolitanism 84 Section II: Feminist and Non-Violent Cosmopolitan Movements 100 5. Gender, Rights and Cosmopolitanisms 102 6. Islamic Cosmopolitics, Human Rights and Anti-Violence Strategies in Indonesia 126 7. 'A new consciousness must come': Affectivity and Movement in Tamil Dalit Women's Activist Engagement with Cosmopolitan Modernity 150 Section III: Rooted Cosmopolitanism, Public Cosmopolitans 172 8. A Native Palestinian Anthropologist in Palestinian-Israeli Cosmopolitanism 174 9. Responding to Rooted Cosmopolitanism: Patriots, Ethnics and the Public Good in Botswana 188 10. Paradoxes of the Cosmopolitan in Melanesia 212 11. Cosmopolitics, Neoliberalism, and the State: The Indigenous Rights Movement in Africa 230 Section IV: Vernacular Cosmopolitans, Cosmopolitan National Spaces 246 12. Cosmopolitan Nations, National Cosmopolitans 248 13. Other Cosmopolitans in the Making of the Modern Malay World 276 14. On Cosmopolitan and (Vernacular) Democratic Creativity: Or, There Never Was a West 296 Section V: Demotic and Working-Class Cosmopolitanisms 322 15. Xenophobia and Xenophilia in South Africa: African Migrants in Cape Town 324 16. Cosmopolitan Values in a Central Indian Steel Town 340 17. Cosmopolitanism, Globalisation and Diaspora 360 Index 376 A 376 B 377 C 378 D 381 E 382 F 383 G 384 H 385 I 385 J 387 K 387 L 387 M 388 N 390 O 391 P 391 Q 392 R 392 S 393 T 395 U 395 V 396 W 396 X 397 Y 397 Z 397 Anthropology and the New Cosmopolitanism inaugurates a new, situated, cosmopolitan anthropology. It examines the rise of postcolonial movements responsive to global rights movements, which espouse a politics of dignity, cultural difference, democracy, dissent and tolerance. The book starts from the premise that cosmopolitanism is not, and never has been, a 'western', elitist ideal exclusively. The book's major innovation is to show the way cosmopolitans beyond the North--in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Malaysia, India, Africa, the Middle East and Mexico--juggle universalist commitments with roots in local cultural milieus and particular communities.Anthropology and the New Cosmopolitanism breaks new ground in theorizing the role of social anthropology as a discipline that engages with the moral, economic, legal and political transformations and dislocations of a globalizing world. It introduces the reader to key debates surrounding cosmopolitanism in the social sciences, and is written clearly and accessibly for undergraduates in anthropology and related subjects. This book inaugurates a new, situated, cosmopolitan anthropology. Its ethnographic and theoretical subject is the rise of postcolonial movements responsive to global rights movements, which espouse a politics of dignity, cultural difference, democracy, dissent and tolerance