Theory from the South: Or, How Euro-America Is Evolving Toward Africa

Description

As nation-states in the Northern Hemisphere experience economic crisis, political corruption and racial tension, it seems as though they might be 'evolving' into the kind of societies normally associated with the 'Global South'. Anthropologists Jean and John Comaroff draw on their long experience of living in Africa to address a range of familiar themes - democracy, national borders, labour and capital and multiculturalism. They consider how we might understand these issues by using theory developed in the Global South. Challenging our ideas about 'developed' and 'developing' nations, Theory from the South provides new insights into key problems of our time. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Dedication Contents Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Theory from the South Chapter 2 On Personhood: A Perspective from Africa Chapter 3 Liberalism, Policulturalism, and ID-ology: Thoughts on Citizenship and Difference Chapter 4 Nations With/Out Borders: The Politics of Being and the Problem of Belonging Chapter 5 Figuring Democracy: An Anthropological Take on African Political Modernities Chapter 6 History On Trial: Memory, Evidence, and the Forensic Production of the Past Chapter 7 Alien-Nation: Zombies, Immigrants, and Millennial Capitalism Chapter 8 Beyond Bare Life: AIDS, (Bio)Politics, and the Neo World Order Editorial Note Notes Bibliography Index About the Authors